Holy Scripture
Job 23:4
A church father on this verse
“I will order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with reproaches. To 'order our cause before God' is within the secret depth of our mind by the contemplating of faith to open the eyes of our view to the awful inquisition of His Majesty, to mark what man as a sinner deserves, of the now hidden and secret Judge to ta…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4And I would plead my own cause, And he would fill my mouth with arguments.
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2Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; And his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.
3Who would then know that I might find him, And come to an end of the matter?
— Job 23:4 —
5And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, And I would perceive what he would tell me.
6Though he should come on me in his great strength, Then he would not threaten me;