Job 16:17

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

if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

The wicked man labors in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden for the ruthless one.

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots which you wrongfully hatch against me.

Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity without measure?

I hold fast by my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart shall not shame me any of my days.

For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten You nor dealt falsely in Your covenant.

if you would seek earnestly to God and make your prayer to the Almighty;

If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear;

The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Therefore, I desire that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.