Return, I pray you, let it not be injustice; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, yet can I not lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; therefore see my affliction;
I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be justified.
But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net.
But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.