See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
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… though he slay me i will trust he also shall be my salvation for a hypocrite could not come before him listen diligently to my speech and to my declaration with your ears see now i have prepared my case i know that i shall be vindicated who is he who will contend with me all this is courtroom language. He's presenting his, he's getting his briefs together and he's setting a date, a court with God. If now I hold my tongue, I perish. Only two things do not do to me. Then I will not hide myself from you. Withdraw your hand far from me and let not the dread of you make me afraid. Then call and I will answer or let me speak. And then you respond to me. Let's, let's have a conversation about this. Answer me like you used to. How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgressions and my sin. Why do you hide your face if I only got an answer as to what I have done to tick you off? …
… Let my declaration fill your ears. Behold, now I have prepared my case. I know that I will be vindicated. 14, verse 1. Man who is born a woman is short-lived, and full of turmoil. Like a flower, he comes forth and withers, also flees like a shadow and does not remain. Verse 10, but man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he? As water evaporates from the sea and a river becomes parched and dried up, so man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep. Oh, that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath returns to you, that you would set a limit for me and remember me. If a man dies, will he live again? all the days of my struggle I will wait until my change comes our dear father we bow before your word that has been preserved through centuries of time against all odds standing against the hammer of the critics it like an anvil has never worn away though the hammers have come and gone It is eternal. …
… Verse 18. Behold, now I have prepared my case. I know that I will be vindicated. I've thought through what my case would be. And I would love to come and stand before this holy judge, this God of mine, but I can't do it because he's not a man to come to me. And I am not, I missed this earlier, the end of verse 35, chapter 9. I am not like that in myself. I don't have what it takes to come before him. I need a go-between. I need an arbitrator. I need a mediator. years ago when I worked as a machinist working my way through school there was the threat of a strike and the union stood on one side with the laborers and management stood on the other side and there was a great gap in between interestingly an arbitrator was hired to come in. He had nothing to gain in the eyes of the union. He had nothing to gain in the eyes of the management. He was supposedly completely neutral. And he came and worked long and hard to hear both sides as both presented their causes. And then he passed a decision, and the the paper had been signed that if the arbitrator could bring the two together, the issue would be solved and there would be no strike. …
… Verse 18. Behold, now I have prepared my case. I know that I will be vindicated. I thought through what my case would be. And I would love to come and stand before this holy judge, this God of mine, but I can't do it because he's not a man to come to me. And I am not, I missed this earlier, the end of verse 35, chapter 9. I am not like that in myself. I don't have what it takes to come before him. I need a go-between. I need an arbitrator. I need a mediator. years ago when I worked as a machinist working my way through school there was the threat of a strike and the union stood on one side with the laborers and management stood on the other side and there was a great gap in between interestingly an arbitrator was hired to come in. He had nothing to gain in the eyes of the union. He had nothing to gain in the eyes of the management. He was supposedly completely neutral. And he came and worked long and hard to hear both sides as both presented their causes. And then he passed a decision, and the the paper had been signed that if the arbitrator could bring the two together the issue would be solved and there would be no strike. …