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14 ·Why should I [or I will…] ·put myself in danger [L take my flesh in my teeth; C a metaphor for risk-taking]
    and take my life in my own ·hands [L palm]?
15 ·Even if God kills me, I have hope in him [or See, he will kill me; I have no hope];
    I will ·still defend [reprove him concerning] my ways to his face.
16 This is my salvation.
    The wicked cannot come ·before him [into his presence].

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14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
    and take my life in my hands?(A)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(B) in him;(C)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(D)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(E)
    for no godless(F) person would dare come before him!(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will