Lo, mine eyehath seenall this , mine earhath heardand understoodit. What ye know, the same do Iknowalso: I am notinferioruntoyou. SurelyIwould speaktothe Almighty, and I desireto reasonwithGod. Butye are forgersof lies, ye are allphysiciansof no value. O thatye wouldaltogether hold your peace! and it should beyour wisdom. Hearnowmy reasoning, and hearkento the pleadingsof my lips. Will ye speakwickedlyfor God? and talkdeceitfullyfor him? Will ye accepthis person? will ye contendfor God? Is it goodthathe should search you out? oras one manmockethanother, do ye so mockhim? He will surely reproveyou, ifye do secretlyacceptpersons. Shall nothis excellencymake you afraid? and his dreadfalluponyou? Your remembrances are likeunto ashes, your bodiesto bodiesof clay. Hold your peace, let me alone, that Imay speak, and let comeonme what will . Whereforedo I takemy fleshin my teeth, and putmy lifein mine hand? Thoughhe slayme, yet will I trustin him: butI will maintainmine own waysbeforehim. Healso shall be my salvation: fora hypocriteshall notcomebeforehim. Hear diligentlymy speech, and my declarationwith your ears. Beholdnow, I have ordered my cause; I knowthatIshall be justified. Who is he that will pleadwithme? fornow, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. Onlydonottwo things untome: thenwill I nothide myselffromthee. Withdrawthine handfar fromme: and let notthy dreadmake me afraid. Then callthou, and Iwill answer: orlet me speak, and answerthou me. Howmany are mine iniquitiesand sins? make me to knowmy transgressionand my sin. Whereforehidestthou thy face, and holdestme for thine enemy? Wilt thou breaka leafdriven to and fro? and wilt thou pursuethe drystubble? Forthou writestbitter thingsagainstme, and makest me to possessthe iniquitiesof my youth. Thou puttestmy feetalso in the stocks, and lookest narrowlyunto allmy paths; thou settest a printuponthe heelsof my feet. And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garmentthat is motheaten.