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13:1  I know and understand every bit of this.
13:2  None of you are smarter than I am; there's nothing you know that I don't.
13:3  But I prefer to argue my case with God All-Powerful—
13:4  you are merely useless doctors, who treat me with lies.
13:5  The wisest thing you can do is to keep quiet
13:6  and listen to my argument.
13:7  Are you telling lies for God
13:8  and not telling the whole truth when you argue his case?
13:9  If he took you to court, could you fool him, just as you fool others?
13:10  If you were secretly unfair, he would correct you,
13:11  and his glorious splendor would make you terrified.
13:12  Your wisdom and arguments will blow away like dust.
13:13  Be quiet while I speak, and we'll see what happens.
13:14  I will be responsible for what happens to me.
13:15  God may kill me, but still I will trust him and offer my defense.
13:16  This may be what saves me, because no guilty person would come to his court.
13:17  Listen carefully to my words!
13:18  I have prepared my case well, and I am certain to win.
13:19  If you can prove me guilty, I will give up and die.
13:20  I ask only two things of you, my God, and I will no longer hide from you—
13:21  stop punishing and terrifying me!
13:22  Then speak, and I will reply; or else let me speak, and you reply.
13:23  Please point out my sins, so I will know them.
13:24  Why have you turned your back and count me your enemy?
13:25  Do you really enjoy frightening a fallen leaf?
13:26  Why do you accuse me of horrible crimes and make me pay for sins I did in my youth?
13:27  You have tied my feet down and keep me surrounded;
13:28  I am rotting away like cloth eaten by worms.