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 evil reside in your tents.

All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.