Hear diligently my speech, And my declaration with your ears.
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, And hearken to all my words.
Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.
Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
He also shall be my salvation: For an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, And that mine adversary had written a book.