5 aRespond to me if you can;
Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand.
6 Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the aclay.
7 Behold, ano dread of me should terrify you,
Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your speech:
9 ‘I am apure, bwithout transgression;
I am innocent, and there cis no guilt in me.