Job 13:13

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“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.

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“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

If you would only keep silent, that would be your wisdom!

Bear with me, and I will speak; then after I have spoken, mock on.

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.