He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’

The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, “I’m pregnant.”

“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!

Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

Pay attention, Job – listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

Then you will again be my people and I will be your God.

The man replied, “I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

Then Abraham asked, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),