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13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
    and let come on me what may.
14 I will take my flesh in my teeth
    and put my life in my hand.[a](A)
15 See, he will kill me; I have no hope;[b]
    but I will defend my ways to his face.(B)
16 This will be my salvation,
    that the godless shall not come before him.(C)
17 Listen carefully to my words,
    and let my declaration be in your ears.(D)
18 I have indeed prepared my case;
    I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is there who will contend with me?
    For then I would be silent and die.(E)

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  1. 13.14 Gk: Heb Why should I take . . . in my hand?
  2. 13.15 Or Though he kill me, yet I will trust in him

13 “Be silent now and leave me alone.
    Let me speak, and I will face the consequences.
14 Why should I put myself in mortal danger[a]
    and take my life in my own hands?
15 God might kill me, but I have no other hope.[b]
    I am going to argue my case with him.
16 But this is what will save me—I am not godless.
    If I were, I could not stand before him.

17 “Listen closely to what I am about to say.
    Hear me out.
18 I have prepared my case;
    I will be proved innocent.
19 Who can argue with me over this?
    And if you prove me wrong, I will remain silent and die.

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  1. 13:14 Hebrew Why should I take my flesh in my teeth.
  2. 13:15 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text reads God might kill me, but I hope in him.