But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man [pleads] for his neighbor!

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:

Then Job answered the LORD and said:

Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of [our] soul [is] for Your name And for the remembrance of You.

O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name's sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You.

Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore [you] on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

Since therefore it remains that some [must] enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,

Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. [Oh, that] the Almighty would answer me, [That] my Prosecutor had written a book!

I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.