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13:1  “Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
13:2  What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
13:3  But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
13:4  But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.
13:5  Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
13:6  Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips.
13:7  Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?
13:8  Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?
13:9  Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
13:10  He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality.
13:11  Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you?
13:12  Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.
13:13  “Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may!
13:14  Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands?
13:15  Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
13:16  He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
13:17  Listen carefully to my speech, And to my declaration with your ears.
13:18  See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
13:19  Who is he who will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
13:20  “Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide myself from You:
13:21  Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
13:22  Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
13:23  How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
13:24  Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy?
13:25  Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?
13:26  For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
13:27  You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
13:28  “Man decays like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.