13 “Hold your peace with me, and let me speak,Then let come on me what may!
14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth,And put my life in my hands?
15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
16 He also shall be my salvation,For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
17 Listen carefully to my speech,And to my declaration with your ears.
18 See now, I have prepared my case,I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is he who will contend with me?If now I hold my tongue, I perish.