Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I (k) not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.
(k) Meaning, in his own opinion, signifying that man will sometimes flatter himself to be righteous which before God is an abomination.
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Job 9:15
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.