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“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’

It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them.

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

He who justifies me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Your Lord Yahweh, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more.

For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.

“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children.

“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?

Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.

Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

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

I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.

for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.

The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”