Job 23:3

²¹that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

⁶Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience,

³⁵oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment! ³⁶Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown. ³⁷I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.

⁷Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.

³“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

¹Moreover the LORD answered Job, ²“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

³Then Job answered the LORD, ⁴“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. ⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

⁸Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

¹⁹namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

⁶Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. ⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.