I would lay out my case and present my arguments.

我就在他面前将我的案件陈明，满口辩白。

我就在他面前陈明我的案件，满口辩诉。

我就在他面前陈明我的案件，满口辩诉。

我好在祂面前陈明案情，滔滔不绝地为自己申辩；

好让我在他面前呈上我的案件，满口辩论向他申诉；

我就在他面前將我的案件陳明，滿口辯白。

我就在他面前陳明我的案件，滿口辯訴。

我就在他面前陳明我的案件，滿口辯訴。

我好在祂面前陳明案情，滔滔不絕地為自己申辯；

好讓我在他面前呈上我的案件，滿口辯論向他申訴；

我就可以將案件擺在他面前，滿口辯訴；

以我之獄、陳於其前、辨白之詞、充乎我口、

以所抱之冤抑、陳於其前、折辨不已、

以我冤抑、呈於其前、極口辨白、

I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would state my case to him. I’d give him all my arguments.

I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would plead my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would order[ my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent.

Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”And the Lord replied,“ If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”Then Abraham spoke again.“ Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.Suppose there are only forty five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And the Lord said,“ I will not destroy it if I find forty five righteous people there.”Then Abraham pressed his request further.“ Suppose there are only forty?” And the Lord replied,“ I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.”“ Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded.“ Let me speak— suppose only thirty righteous people are found?” And the Lord replied,“ I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”Then Abraham said,“ Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue— suppose there are only twenty?” And the Lord replied,“ Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”Finally, Abraham said,“ Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the Lord replied,“ Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

“ O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city— the city that bears your name— lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.“ O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.”

For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins.

But you promised me,‘ I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore— too many to count.’”

“ So teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments.

But Moses objected.“ What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the Lord.“ They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt.Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, Lord, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.Now if you slaughter all these people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will say,‘ The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.’“ Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,‘ The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.’In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

Declare me innocent, O God! Defend me against these ungodly people. Rescue me from these unjust liars.

Why let the Egyptians say,‘ Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying,‘ I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.’”

Let us review the situation together, and you can present your case to prove your innocence.

Lord, what can I say now that Israel has fled from its enemies?For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe our name off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?”