Job 13:6-12

The Voice

⁶     Please, just listen while I reason this out;
        lean in to hear how my lips will plead.
⁷     Will you try to defend God’s cause by telling lies?
        Be deceitful on His behalf?
⁸     Will you show partiality for Him?
        Argue on His behalf?
⁹     How would you fare
        if He searched your soul?
    Do you think you might deceive Him
        as you would any other person?
¹⁰     No. He would bring charges against you
        even if you secretly show partiality.
¹¹     Aren’t you horrified at the weight of His majesty?
        Isn’t the dread of Him enough to drop you where you stand?
¹²     All your quoted proverbs turn to ash;
        your clever comebacks crumble like brittle towers of clay.