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Job 9:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

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And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.

There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:

If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;

If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:




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