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<A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Would you show Him partiality <p class="indent2"> or argue in His defense? <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Would it be well when He examined you? <p class="indent2"> Could you deceive Him like a man? <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Surely He would rebuke you <p class="indent2"> if you secretly showed partiality. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Would His majesty not terrify you? <p class="indent2"> Would the dread of Him not fall upon you? <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; <p class="indent2"> your defenses are defenses of clay. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Be silent, and I will speak. <p class="indent2"> Then let come to me what may. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Why do I put myself at risk<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and take my life in my own hands? <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> I will still defend my ways to His face. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Moreover, this will be my salvation, <p class="indent2"> for no godless man can appear before Him. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Listen carefully to my words; <p class="indent2"> let my declaration ring in your ears. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Behold, now that I have prepared my case, <p class="indent2"> I know that I will be vindicated. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Can anyone indict me? <p class="indent2"> If so, I will be silent and die. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Only grant these two things to me, <p class="indent2"> so that I need not hide from You: <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Withdraw Your hand from me, <p class="indent2"> and do not let Your terror frighten me. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then call me, and I will answer, <p class="indent2"> or let me speak, and You can reply. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>How many are my iniquities and sins? <p class="indent2"> Reveal to me my transgression and sin. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Why do You hide Your face <p class="indent2"> and consider me as Your enemy? <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Would You frighten a windblown leaf? <p class="indent2"> Would You chase after dry chaff? <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For You record bitter accusations against me <p class="indent2"> and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>You put my feet in the stocks <p class="indent2"> and stand watch over all my paths; <p class="indent1"> You set a limit <p class="indent2"> for the soles of my feet. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So man wastes away like something rotten, <p class="indent2"> like a moth-eaten garment.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>Why do I take my flesh in my teeth</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>I have no other hope</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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