Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before Him, if He will.

Who is this? Let him join hands with me.

Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, and come to an end [of the matter]!

And I would know the remedies which He would speak to me, and I would perceive what He would tell me.

for truth and reproof are from Him, and He would bring forth my judgment to an end.

You are formed out of the clay as I also: we have been formed out of the same substance.

And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, [saying],

Gird your loins like a man, and I will ask you, and you shall answer Me!

[ 39:34] Why do I yet plead? Being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

[ 39:35] I have spoken once, but I will not do so a second time.

Withhold [Your] hand from me, and let not Your fear terrify me.

Then shall You call, and I will listen to You: or You shall speak, and I will give You an answer.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence; and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

Why do You hide Yourself from me, and regard me [as] Your enemy?

And He has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.

For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,

with an iron pen and lead, or engraved in the rocks!

Yet He has discovered a charge against me, and He has reckoned me as an adversary.

And He has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways.

Make friends with your adversary quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your adversary hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be cast into prison.