Job 33:10

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Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

“If I should wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,

‘If I am wicked, woe to me!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.

“Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

“For now You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my right;

“Why do You hide Your face
And consider me Your enemy?

“His anger has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with His teeth;
My adversary glares at me.

“He has also kindled His anger against me
And considered me as His enemy.

“You have become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You persecute me.

“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature;

Let the Almighty answer me!

And the indictment which my adversary has written,

So Job opens his mouth emptily;
He multiplies words without knowledge.”