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\c 13
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\v 1 See, my eye has seen all this;
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\q my ear has heard and understood it.
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\q
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\v 2 What you know, the same I also know;
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\q I am not inferior to you.
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\q
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\v 3 However, I would rather speak with the Almighty;
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\q I wish to reason with God.
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\v 4 But you whitewash the truth with lies;
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\q you are all physicians of no value.
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\v 5 Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace!
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\q That would be your wisdom.
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\v 6 Hear now my own reasoning;
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\q listen to the pleading of my own lips.
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\v 7 Will you speak unrighteously for God,
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\q and will you talk deceitfully for him?
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\v 8 Would you really show kindness to him?
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\q Would you really argue in court as attorneys for God?
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\v 9 Would it really be good for you when he searches you out?
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\q Could you deceive him as you might deceive men?
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\v 10 He would surely reprove you
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\q if in secret you showed partiality.
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\v 11 Would not his majesty make you afraid?
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\q Would not his dread fall upon you?
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\v 12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs made of ashes;
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\q your defenses are defenses made of clay.
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\v 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, so that I may speak,
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\q let come what may on me.
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\v 14 I will take my own flesh in my teeth;
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\q I will take my life in my hands.
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\v 15 See, if he kills me, I will have no hope left;
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\q nevertheless, I will defend my ways before him.
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\v 16 This will be the reason for my acquittal,
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\q that I do not come before him like a godless man.
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\v 17 God, listen carefully to my speech;
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\q let my declaration come to your ears.
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\v 18 See now, I have set my defense in order;
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\q I know that I am innocent.
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\v 19 Who is the one who would argue against me in court?
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\q If you came to do so, and if I were proved wrong, then I would be silent and give up my life.
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\v 20 God, do only two things for me,
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\q and then I will not hide myself from your face:
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\v 21 withdraw your oppressive hand from me,
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\q and do not let your terrors make me afraid.
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\v 22 Then call me, and I will answer;
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\q or let me speak to you, and you answer me.
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\v 23 How many are my iniquities and sins?
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\q Let me know my transgression and my sin.
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\v 24 Why do you hide your face from me
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\q and treat me like your enemy?
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\v 25 Will you persecute a driven leaf?
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\q Will you pursue dry stubble?
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\v 26 For you write down bitter things against me;
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\q you make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
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\v 27 You also put my feet in the stocks;
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\q you closely watch all my paths;
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\q you examine the ground where the soles of my feet have walked
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\v 28 although I am like a rotten thing that wastes away,
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\q like a garment that moths have eaten.
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