Job 23:5

“I would learn the words which He would answer,
And perceive what He would say to me.

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

“Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.

“I know that You can do all things,
And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.

But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

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I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

“Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.

“I know that You can do all things,
And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.

But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

“But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,

“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?