If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. If I justify myself - God must have some reason for his conduct towards me; I therefore do not pretend to justify myself; the attempt to do it would be an insult to his majesty and justice. Though I am conscious of none of the crimes of which you accuse me; and know not why he contends with me; yet he must have some reason, and that reason he does not choose to explain.
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Job 9:20
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.