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Job 9:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

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If I am wicked, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am filled with shame and have drunk deeply of  my affliction.


But if you earnestly seek   God and ask the Almighty for mercy,


when he was insulted, he did not insult in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten but entrusted himself to the one who judges  justly.


You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfil your vows.


I will say to God, ‘Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me.


However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and would present my case to him.


For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified  by this. It is the Lord who judges me.


Listen closely,  my God, and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before you based on our righteous acts, but based on your abundant compassion.


So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.


They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation.  , I will lead them to wadis filled with water, by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.


Then an upright man could reason  with him, and I would escape from my Judge  ,  for ever.


He prayed to him, and the Lord was receptive to his prayer. He granted his request  and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that the Lord is God.


If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said.


Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.


Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life.


I have spoken once, and I will not reply; twice, but now I can add nothing.





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