“I am guiltless. I have no concern for myself. I despise my life.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Now that man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will escape.
Why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and You will search for me, but I will be gone.”
whenever our heart condemns us. For God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this. It is the Lord who judges me.
that God would be willing to crush me, to release His hand, and cut me off!
Even if I were right, I would not answer; I would implore the mercy of my Judge.
though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
“I have become a laughingstock to my friend, though I called on God and He answered— a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, without iniquity.