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. Do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

"Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.

Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to Shaddai.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.