Job asks God to tell him what his charges are

17 “God, listen very carefully to what I say [DOU].

18 I am ready to prove that I am innocent,

and I know that you also will declare that I am not guilty.

19 I certainly do not think [RHQ] that you or anyone else will say that what I say is not true;

if anyone did that, I would ◄be silent/stop talking► and die.

20 “I am requesting you to do two things for me;

if you do them, I will ◄not hide from you/come and stand in front of you► [LIT].

21 The first thing that I request is that you stop punishing [IDM] me;

and the second thing that I request is that you stop causing me to be very terrified.

22 You speak first, and then I will reply;

or allow me to speak first, and then you reply.

23 What have I done that is wrong? What sins have I committed?

Show me how I have disobeyed you.

24 Why ◄do you refuse to be friendly with/have you abandoned► me [IDM]?

Why do you ◄act toward me as though I am/consider me to be► your enemy?

25 I am as insignificant as [MET] a leaf that is blown by the wind;

why are you trying to cause me to be afraid [RHQ]?

Why are you pursuing me?

Am I useless, nothing more than a bit of dry chaff [RHQ]?

26 It seems that you are writing things to accuse me of doing things that are wrong,

even recalling bad things that I did when I was young.

27 It is as though you have fastened my feet with chains to prevent me from walking,

and you watch me wherever I walk;

It is as though you even look closely at my footprints to see where I have gone.

28 As a result, my body is decaying like [SIM] rotten wood,

like a piece of cloth that is eaten by larvae of moths.”