¹⁸ Now that I have prepared my case,^(A)
    I know I will be vindicated.^(B)

⁶ then know that God has wronged me^(A)
    and drawn his net^(B) around me.^(C)

¹⁰ But he knows the way that I take;^(A)
    when he has tested me,^(B) I will come forth as gold.^(C)

⁵ I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.^(A)
6 I will maintain my innocence^(B) and never let go of it;
    my conscience^(C) will not reproach me as long as I live.^(D)

⁵ “Job says, ‘I am innocent,^(A)
    but God denies me justice.^(B)

² “I know that you can do all things;^(A)
    no purpose of yours can be thwarted.^(B)
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’^(C)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.^(D)

⁴ “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’^(E)
5 My ears had heard of you^(F)
    but now my eyes have seen you.^(G)
6 Therefore I despise myself^(H)
    and repent^(I) in dust and ashes.”^(J)