Job 16:17

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Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;

Lo! I know your plans, and the devices, wherewith ye would do me violence!

Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?

On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;

O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:

All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;

Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, - and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;

If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!

The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

I am minded, therefore, that - the men in every place be offering prayer, uplifting hands of lovingkindness, apart from anger and disputings;