Who is he will contend with me? for now shall I be silent and expire;
Who shall demand payment for the chosen of God? God justifying.
And I said, I will not bring him to remembrance, and I will no more speak in his name. And it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was wearied to endure, and I shall not be able.
If there be words, turn back to me: speak, for I desired to justify thee.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach:
Be silent from me and I will speak what shall pass upon me.
Thy hands formed me, and they will work me together round about; and thou wilt swallow me down.
Also I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the straitness of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
And why wilt thou not lift up my transgression and pass over mine iniquity? for now I shall lie down to the dust; and thou soughtest me and I was not
If he shall desire to contend with him, he shall not answer him one from a thousand.
Only two things thou wilt not do with me: then I shall not hide from thy face.
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.