The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

“Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?

“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.

These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

Moreover, the strength of their hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;

Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

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

If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

“Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.

You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me! O Lord, deliver me!”