Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him, but I will defend my own ways before Him.
Yea, 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 tested me, I will come forth as gold.
For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows everything.
God forbid that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has a refuge in his death.
Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be justified.
“Will you indeed annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me, that you may be righteous?
“Will he who argues with the Almighty instruct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
though not for any violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
“My days fly more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
You know that I am not wicked, and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason 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 exult in the God of my salvation.