Then call thou, and I will answer, or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Thou would call, and I would answer thee. Thou would have a desire to the work of thy hands.
Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice.
Then I would speak, and not be afraid of him, for I am not so in myself.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!