²¹ Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

⁴ I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

³ Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁸ Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

⁹ Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

¹ Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

² Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.