Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me;) And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no judgement
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.
Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand; Though it be in his destruction, one may utter a cry because of these things.
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.