Job 9
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1Then Job answered: 1Then Job answered:
2Yes, I know what you've said is true, but how can a person be justified before God? 2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand times. 3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed? 4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
5He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in His anger. 5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
6He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble. 6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7He commands the sun not to shine and seals off the stars. 7He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. 8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky. 9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. 10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11If He passes by me, I wouldn't see Him; if He goes right by, I wouldn't recognize Him. 11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
12If He snatches something, who can stop Him? Who can ask Him, "What are You doing?" 12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13God does not hold back His anger; Rahab's assistants cringe in fear beneath Him! 13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? 14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy. 15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said. 16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause. 17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences. 18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him? 19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty. 20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life. 21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22It is all the same. Therefore I say, "He destroys both the blameless and the wicked." 22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent. 23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24The earth is handed over to the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it isn't He, then who is it? 24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good. 25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. 26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27If I said, "I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile," 27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28I would still live in terror of all my pains. I know You will not acquit me. 28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29Since I will be found guilty, why should I labor in vain? 29Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, 30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31then You dip me in a pit of mud, and my own clothes despise me! 31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court. 32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33There is no one to judge between us, to lay his hand on both of us. 33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34Let Him take His rod away from me so His terror will no longer frighten me. 34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
35Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own. 35Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
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