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1. "I have seen all this before. I have already heard everything you say. I understand all of these things.
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1. Lo H2005 , mine eye H5869 hath seen H7200 all H3605 this , mine ear H241 hath heard H8085 and understood H995 it.
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2. I know as much as you do. I am as smart as you are.
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2. What ye know H1847 , the same do I H589 know H3045 also H1571 : I H595 am not H3808 inferior H5307 unto H4480 you.
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3. But I don't want to argue with you. I want to speak to God All-Powerful. I want to argue with God about my troubles.
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3. Surely H199 I H589 would speak H1696 to H413 the Almighty H7706 , and I desire H2654 to reason H3198 with H413 God H410 .
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4. But you men try to cover up your ignorance with lies. You are like worthless doctors who cannot heal anyone.
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4. But H199 ye H859 are forgers H2950 of lies H8267 , ye are all H3605 physicians H7495 of no value H457 .
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5. I wish you would just be quiet. That would be the wisest thing you could do.
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5. O that H4130 ye would H5414 altogether hold your peace H2790 H2790 ! and it should be H1961 your wisdom H2451 .
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6. "Now, listen to my argument. Listen to what I have to say.
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6. Hear H8085 now H4994 my reasoning H8433 , and hearken H7181 to the pleadings H7379 of my lips H8193 .
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7. Will you speak lies for God? Do you really believe your lies are what God wants you to say?
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7. Will ye speak H1696 wickedly H5766 for God H410 ? and talk H1696 deceitfully H7423 for him?
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8. Are you trying to defend God against me? You are not being fair. You are choosing God's side simply because he is God.
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8. Will ye accept H5375 his person H6440 ? will ye contend H7378 for God H410 ?
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9. If God checked you very closely, would he see that you are right? Do you really think you can fool God the same as you fool people?
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9. Is it good H2896 that H3588 he should search you out H2713 H853 ? or H518 as one man H582 mocketh H2048 another , do ye so mock H2048 him?
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10. You know that God would criticize you if you chose someone's side simply because they were important.
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10. He will surely reprove H3198 H3198 you, if H518 ye do secretly H5643 accept H5375 persons H6440 .
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11. God's majesty frightens you. You are afraid of him.
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11. Shall not H3808 his excellency H7613 make you afraid H1204 ? and his dread H6343 fall H5307 upon H5921 you?
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12. The wise sayings you quote are worthless. Your arguments are as weak as clay.
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12. Your remembrances H2146 are like H4912 unto ashes H665 , your bodies H1354 to bodies H1354 of clay H2563 .
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13. "Be quiet and let me talk! I accept whatever happens to me.
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13. Hold your peace H2790 , let me alone H4480 , that I H589 may speak H1696 , and let come H5674 on H5921 me what H4100 will .
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14. I will put myself in danger and take my life in my own hands.
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14. Wherefore H5921 H4100 do I take H5375 my flesh H1320 in my teeth H8127 , and put H7760 my life H5315 in mine hand H3709 ?
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15. I will continue to trust God even if he kills me. But I will defend myself to his face.
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15. Though H2005 he slay H6991 me , yet will I trust H3176 in him: but H389 I will maintain H3198 mine own ways H1870 before H413 H6440 him.
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16. And if he lets me live, it will be because I had the confidence to speak. No guilty person would dare meet God face to face.
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16. He H1931 also H1571 shall be my salvation H3444 : for H3588 a hypocrite H2611 shall not H3808 come H935 before H6440 him.
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17. Listen carefully to what I say. Let me explain.
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17. Hear diligently H8085 H8085 my speech H4405 , and my declaration H262 with your ears H241 .
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18. I am ready now to defend myself. I will carefully present my arguments. I know I will be shown to be right.
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18. Behold H2009 now H4994 , I have ordered H6186 my cause H4941 ; I know H3045 that H3588 I H589 shall be justified H6663 .
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19. If anyone can prove I am wrong, I will shut up and wait to die.
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19. Who H4310 is he H1931 that will plead H7378 with H5978 me? for H3588 now H6258 , if I hold my tongue H2790 , I shall give up the ghost H1478 .
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20. "God, just give me two things, and then I will not hide from you:
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20. Only H389 do H6213 not H408 two H8147 things unto H5978 me: then H227 will I not H3808 hide myself H5641 from H4480 H6440 thee.
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21. Stop punishing me, and don't frighten me with your terrors.
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21. Withdraw H7368 thine hand H3709 far from H4480 H5921 me : and let not H408 thy dread H367 make me afraid H1204 .
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22. Then call to me, and I will answer you. Or let me speak, and you answer me.
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22. Then call H7121 thou , and I H595 will answer H6030 : or H176 let me speak H1696 , and answer H7725 thou me.
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23. How many sins have I committed? What wrongs have I done? Show me where I went wrong or how I sinned.
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23. How H4100 many are mine iniquities H5771 and sins H2403 ? make me to know H3045 my transgression H6588 and my sin H2403 .
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24. God, why do you avoid me and treat me like your enemy?
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24. Wherefore H4100 hidest H5641 thou thy face H6440 , and holdest H2803 me for thine enemy H341 ?
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25. Are you trying to scare me? I am only a leaf blowing in the wind. You are attacking a piece of straw!
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25. Wilt thou break H6206 a leaf H5929 driven to and fro H5086 ? and wilt thou pursue H7291 the dry H3002 stubble H7179 ?
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26. You have a list of terrible charges against me. Are you making me suffer for the sins I did when I was young?
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26. For H3588 thou writest H3789 bitter things H4846 against H5921 me , and makest me to possess H3423 the iniquities H5771 of my youth H5271 .
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27. You have put chains on my feet. You watch every step I take. You see every move I make.
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27. Thou puttest H7760 my feet H7272 also in the stocks H5465 , and lookest narrowly H8104 unto all H3605 my paths H734 ; thou settest a print H2707 upon H5921 the heels H8328 of my feet H7272 .
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28. So I am becoming weaker and weaker, like a piece of wood rotting away, like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.
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28. And he H1931 , as a rotten thing H7538 , consumeth H1086 , as a garment H899 that is moth H6211 eaten H398 .
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