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\c 13
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\v 1 "I have seen everything that you have seen,
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\q2 and I have heard and understood all that you have said.
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\q1
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\v 2 What you know, I also know;
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\q2 I do not know less than you.
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\v 3 But I would like to speak with Almighty God, not with you;
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\q2 I would like to argue with him and show him that I am innocent.
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\v 4 As for you, you tell lies and do not allow people to know unpleasant truth,
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\q2 like someone who covers up the bad surface of a wall with whitewash.
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\q1 You are all like doctors who sell people useless medicine.
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\v 5 I wish that you would be silent;
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\q2 that would be wiser than anything you have said to me.
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\v 6 Listen to what I will say to you now;
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\q2 listen while I am saying what is true about myself.
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\v 7 You are telling lies to help God;
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\q2 you are saying what is false in order to help him!
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\v 8 You would really like to be kind to him by defending what he does, would you not?
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\q2 It is as if you were trying to prove in a court that he is innocent!
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\v 9 But if he, sitting as the judge, looked closely at you, he would find that what you are doing for him is bad!
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\q2 You have deceived other people, but do not think that you can lie about him in court and say that you are defending him!
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\v 10 If you say clever things to persuade God to take your side,
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\q2 he will surely rebuke you.
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\v 11 He will certainly bring the full force of his power against you;
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\q2 you will become very afraid of him.
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\v 12 What you have said—the things that you think are so wise—are as useless as ashes;
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\q2 what you say to defend how you think is no better than clay that quickly crumbles.
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\v 13 So be quiet and allow me to speak;
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\q2 after that, it will not matter what happens to me.
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\v 14 I am ready to risk my life;
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\q2 I am even willing to risk that God will execute me for what I say.
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\v 15 If he kills me, then I will not have anyone else whom I can confidently expect to help me,
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\q2 but I am going to defend my behavior in his presence anyway.
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\v 16 No wicked person would dare to stand in the presence of God,
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\q1 but because I say that I have not done things that are wrong,
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\q2 perhaps, if I can prove that to God, he will declare me innocent."
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\v 17 "God, listen very carefully to what I say; pay attention to me.
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\v 18 I am ready to argue that I am innocent,
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\q2 and I know that you also will declare that I am not guilty.
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\v 19 I certainly do not think that you or anyone else will say that what I say is false;
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\q2 if you did so, then I would speak no more, and I would die.
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\v 20 I am requesting you to do two things for me;
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\q2 if you do them, I will not try to hide from you.
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\v 21 The first thing that I request is that you stop punishing me,
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\q2 and the second thing that I request is that you stop terrifying me.
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\v 22 Speak first, and then I will reply;
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\q2 or allow me to speak first, and then you reply.
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\v 23 What have I done that is wrong? What sins have I committed?
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\q2 Show me how I have disobeyed you.
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\v 24 Why do you refuse to be friendly to me?
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\q2 Why do you act toward me as though I were your enemy?
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\v 25 I am as insignificant as a leaf that the wind blows.
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\q2 Why are you trying to make me afraid ?
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\q1 Why are you making me suffer?
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\q2 After all, I am as useless as a bit of dry chaff!
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\v 26 It seems that you are writing things to accuse me of having sinned,
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\q2 and that you are writing down even the bad things I did when I was young.
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\v 27 It is as though you have put my feet in stocks
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\q2 and that you were watching me wherever I walk;
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\q2 it is as though you were following my footprints to see where I have gone.
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\v 28 Because of this, my body is falling apart like rotten wood,
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\q2 like a piece of cloth that the larvae of moths are eating.
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