I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with proofs.
I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
I would lay my cause before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
I would lay out my case before him, fill my mouth with arguments,
I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints:
For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and shall make your seed as the sand of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’
Look, please, I have prepared my case, I know that I am in the right.
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I delight to reason with Ěl.
If only I knew where to find Him, I would come to His dwelling-place!
I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.
Teach us what we should say to Him; we do not set in order because of darkness.
“Should a reprover contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves Eloah answer it.”
Lamed For Your Name’s sake, O יהוה, You shall pardon my crookedness, though it is great.
Rule me rightly, O Elohim, And plead my cause against a nation without loving-commitment. Oh, deliver me from a man of deceit and unrighteousness!
“Remind Me, let us enter into judgment, together; relate, that you might be declared right.