³ Though they wished to dispute with him,^(A)
    they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.^(B)

¹⁵ Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;^(A)
    I could only plead^(B) with my Judge^(C) for mercy.^(D)

¹⁴ For God does speak^(A)—now one way, now another^(B)—
    though no one perceives it.^(C)