“I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
“I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be.”
For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.
For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.