^3 (A)But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.

¹⁸ See now, I have prepared my case,
I know that I shall be ^(A)vindicated.

^21 (A)Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleads for his ^[a]neighbor!

^35 (A)Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, ^(B)that the Almighty would answer me,
That my ^[a]Prosecutor had written a book!