Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

So should

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

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But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;