²¹ Produce your cause, says Yahweh; bring forth your strong reasons, says 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 Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!

⁷ "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

⁸ Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

⁹ Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

¹ Listen now to what Yahweh says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear what you have to say.

² Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, And you enduring foundations of the earth; For Yahweh has a controversy with his people, And he will contend with Israel.