Job 23:4

Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

³ “Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
⁴ “I would present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ “I would learn the words which He would answer,
And perceive what He would say to me.

Plead My Case

Job

Job 13:18

“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.

Genesis 18:25-32

Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?”

Genesis 32:12

For You said, ‘I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.’”

Exodus 32:12-13

Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people.

Numbers 14:13-19

But Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst,

Joshua 7:8-9

O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies?

Job 37:19

“Teach us what we shall say to Him;
We cannot arrange our case because of darkness.

Psalm 25:11

For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

Isaiah 43:26

“Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together;
State your cause, that you may be proved right.

Daniel 9:18-19

O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.