1 Lo, all this my eye has seen; my ear has heard and perceived it.
2 What you know, I also know; I fall not short of you.
3 But I would speak with the Almighty; I wish to reason with God.
4 You are glossing over falsehoods and offering vain remedies, every one of you!
5 Oh, that you would be altogether silent! This for you would be wisdom.
6 Hear now the rebuke I shall utter and listen to the reproof from my lips.
7 Is it for God that you speak falsehood? Is it for him that you utter deceit?
8 Is it for him that you show partiality? Do you play advocate on behalf of God?
9 Will it be well when he shall search you out? Would you impose on him as one does on men?
10 He will openly rebuke you if even in secret you show partiality.
11 Surely will his majesty affright you and the dread of him fall upon you.
12 Your reminders are ashy maxims, your fabrications are mounds of clay.
13 Be silent, let me alone! that I may speak and give vent to my feelings.
14 I will carry my flesh between my teeth, and take my life in my hand.
15 Slay me though he might, I will wait for him; I will defend my conduct before him.
16 And this shall be my salvation, that no impious man can come into his presence.
17 Pay careful heed to my speech, and give my statement a hearing.
18 Behold, I have prepared my case, I know that I am in the right.
19 If anyone can make a case against me, then I shall be silent and die.
20 These things only do not use against me, then from your presence I need not hide:
21 Withdraw your hand far from me, and let not the terror of you frighten me.
22 Then call me, and I will respond; or let me speak first, and answer me.
23 What are my faults and my sins? My misdeeds and my sins make known to me!
24 Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
25 Will you harass a wind-driven leaf, or pursue a withered straw?
26 For you draw up bitter indictments against me, and punish in me the faults of my youth.
27 You put my feet in the stocks; you watch all my paths and trace out all my footsteps.
28 Though he wears out like a leather bottle, like a garment that the moth has consumed?
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Job chapter 13 is one of the most dramatic of the book, where Job responds to his friends who accuse him of having committed some sin that would justify his afflictions. Job defends his innocence and even accuses God of oppressing the righteous. The selected verses are related to topics such as justice, faith, redemption and hope in God:
Psalm 119:75: "I know, O Lord, that your judgments are righteous, and that with faithfulness afflicted me." This verse talks about God's righteousness and how he uses afflictions to teach and shape us.
Hebrews 11:1: "Now, faith is the firm foundation of things that are expected, and proof of things that are not seen." Job is an example of unshakable faith in the midst of difficulties, even without understanding the purpose of their afflictions.
Psalm 130:7: "Wait Israel in the Lord, for in the Lord there is mercy, and there is abundant redemption in Him." This verse talks about hope in God and His mercy, which brings redemption and liberation.
Isaiah 40:31: "But those who await the Lord shall renew their strengths, will rise with wings as eagles, rush and not tire, walk and not stick." This verse talks about the renewal of those who await God and how He strengthens and sustains those who trust in Him.
Romans 5:3-5: "And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, experience; and experience, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because the love of God was poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit given to us. " This verse talks about the hope that is born in the midst of tribulations and how God uses the difficulties to shape us and give us experience.
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