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