12. Your wise sayings are worth no more than ashes,and your arguments are as weak as clay.
13. “Be quiet and let me speak.Let things happen to me as they will.
14. Why should I put myself in dangerand take my life in my own hands?
15. Even if God kills me, I have hope in him;I will still defend my ways to his face.
16. This is my salvation.The wicked cannot come before him.
17. Listen carefully to my words;let your ears hear what I say.
18. See, I have prepared my case,and I know I will be proved right.
19. No one can accuse me of doing wrong.If someone can, I will be quiet and die.
20. “God, please just give me these two things,and then I will not hide from you:
21. Take your punishment away from me,and stop frightening me with your terrors.
22. Then call me, and I will answer,or let me speak, and you answer.
23. How many evil things and sins have I done?Show me my wrong and my sin.
24. Don’t hide your face from me;don’t think of me as your enemy.