Job 13:14–28

14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy

and take my life in my hands?o

15 Though he slay me, yet will I hopep in him;q

I will surelya defend my ways to his face.r

16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,s

for no godlesst person would dare come before him!u

17 Listen carefully to what I say;v

let my words ring in your ears.

18 Now that I have prepared my case,w

I know I will be vindicated.x

19 Can anyone bring charges against me?y

If so, I will be silentz and die.a

20 “Only grant me these two things, God,

and then I will not hide from you:

21 Withdraw your handb far from me,

and stop frightening me with your terrors.c

22 Then summon me and I will answer,d

or let me speak, and you reply to me.e

23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?f

Show me my offense and my sin.g

24 Why do you hide your faceh

and consider me your enemy?i

25 Will you tormentj a windblown leaf?k

Will you chasel after dry chaff?m

26 For you write down bitter things against me

and make me reap the sins of my youth.n

27 You fasten my feet in shackles;o

you keep close watch on all my pathsp

by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

28 “So man wastes away like something rotten,

like a garmentq eaten by moths.r