Job 13:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“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.

Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!

Bear with me, and I will speak, and 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.