“For Job says, ‘I am righteous, but God has deprived me of justice.
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, without iniquity.
“As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, Shaddai who has made my soul bitter,
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was as my robe and turban.
yet no violence is in my hands and my prayer is pure.
For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless’ and ‘I am pure in Your eyes!’
though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
He who crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my righteousness is in it.
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us learn together what is good.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from Adonai, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?
Does God pervert justice? Does Shaddai pervert justice?
“Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response. I cry for help, but there is no justice.