I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be justified.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech because of darkness.
Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.
For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Put me in remembrance: let us contend together: state your case, that you may be proved right.