Job 13:18-28

18 Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
20 Only grant two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:
21 withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not dread of thee terrify me.
22 Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy?
25 Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.
28 Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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