Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to their end without hope.
although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.