4. The Spirit of God has made me,and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5. Refute me if you can.Prepare your case against me; take your stand.
6. I am just like you before God;I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.
7. Fear of me should not terrify you;the pressure I exert against you will be light.
8. Surely you have spoken in my hearing,and I have heard these very words:
9. “I am pure, without transgression;I am clean and have no guilt.
10. But He finds reasons to oppose me;He regards me as His enemy.
11. He puts my feet in the stocks;He stands watch over all my paths.”
12. But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,since God is greater than man.
13. Why do you take Him to courtfor not answering anything a person asks?
14. For God speaks time and again,but a person may not notice it.
15. In a dream, a vision in the night,when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber on their beds,