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

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

⁴ Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

²² Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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.