³ Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

⁷ Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

¹³ Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

¹¹ `And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover,

⁴⁶ and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

¹⁷ `And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.

¹⁵ Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

²² And call Thou, and I -- I answer, Or -- I speak, and answer Thou me.

³ O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

⁴ I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill `with' arguments.

⁵ I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

⁶ In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth `it' in me.

⁷ There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

³⁵ Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

³⁶ If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.

³⁷ The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.