Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat!

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. {answer...: Heb. make me know}

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew {their} strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

Behold now, I have ordered {my} cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong {reasons}, saith the King of Jacob. {Produce: Heb. Cause to come near}