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Job 13:1 [Job continued:] "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. |
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Job 13:2 "What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you. |
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Job 13:3 ¶ "But I wish to speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God. |
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Job 13:4 "But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer. |
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Job 13:5 "Oh, that you would be completely silent, And that silence would be your wisdom! |
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Job 13:6 "Please hear my argument And listen to the pleadings of my lips. |
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Job 13:7 "Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him? |
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Job 13:8 "Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]? Will you contend and plead for God? |
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Job 13:9 "Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man? |
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Job 13:10 "He will surely reprimand you If you secretly show partiality. |
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Job 13:11 "Will not His majesty terrify you, And will not the dread of Him fall upon you? |
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Job 13:12 "Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes; Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay. |
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Job 13:13 ¶ "Be silent before me so that I may speak; And let happen to me what may. |
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Job 13:14 "Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]? |
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Job 13:15 "Even though He kills me; I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face. |
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Job 13:16 "This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before Him. |
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Job 13:17 "Listen diligently to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears. |
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Job 13:18 "Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated. |
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Job 13:19 "Who will argue and contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. |
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Job 13:20 ¶ "Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me, And then I will not hide myself from Your face: |
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Job 13:21 Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering, And let not the dread of You terrify me. |
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Job 13:22 "Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and then reply to me. |
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Job 13:23 "How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin. [Rom 8:1] |
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Job 13:24 "Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] And consider me Your enemy? |
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Job 13:25 "Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble? Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble? |
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Job 13:26 "For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment] And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth. |
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Job 13:27 "You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment] And [critically] observe all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep], |
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Job 13:28 While I waste away like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. |
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