American Standard Version of 1901
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Oh that I knew where I might find him!That I might come even to his seat!
But {Or, he is one}he is in one mind, and who can turn him?And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
{Or, Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him}Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope:Nevertheless I will {Hebrew: argue.}maintain my ways before him.
This also shall be my salvation,That a godless man shall not come before him.
Hear diligently my speech,And let my declaration be in your ears.
Behold now, I have set my cause in order;I know that I {Or, shall be justified}am righteous.
I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces:He hath also set me up for his mark.
Although thou knowest that I am not wicked,And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
Thy hands have framed me and fashioned meTogether round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach;He runneth upon me like a {Or, mighty man}giant.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,And have {Or, defiled}laid my horn in the dust.
My face is red with weeping,And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Although there is no violence in my hands,And my prayer is pure.
My foot hath held fast to his steps;His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips;I have treasured up the words of his mouth {Or, more than my own law}more than my {Or, portion See Proverbs 30:8 }necessary food.
But {Or, he is one}he is in one mind, and who can turn him?And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right,And the Almighty, who hath {Hebrew: made my soul bitter.}vexed my soul:
{Or, All the while my breath is in me…nostrils; surely}(For my life is yet whole in me,And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
Surely my lips {Or, do}shall not speak uprighteousness,Neither {Or, doth}shall my tongue utter deceit.
Far be it from me that I should justify you:Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:My heart {Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days}shall not reproach me so long as I live.