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"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
3If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand times. 3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
4God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed? 4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength--who has resisted him and remained safe?
5He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in His anger. 5He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;
6He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble. 6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
7He commands the sun not to shine and seals off the stars. 7he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;
8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. 8he alone spreads 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 makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;
10He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. 10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.
11If He passes by me, I wouldn't see Him; if He goes right by, I wouldn't recognize Him. 11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12If He snatches something, who can stop Him? Who can ask Him, "What are You doing?" 12If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to 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; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.
14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? 14"How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!
15Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy. 15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with 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 would not believe that he would be listening to my voice--
17He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause. 17he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
18He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences. 18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills 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, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, 'Who will summon me?'
20Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty. 20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
21Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life. 21I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.
22It is all the same. Therefore I say, "He destroys both the blameless and the wicked." 22"It is all one! That is why I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the guilty.'
23When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent. 23If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at 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? 24If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of 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. 25"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
26They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. 26They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
27If I said, "I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile," 27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,'
28I would still live in terror of all my pains. I know You will not acquit me. 28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.
29Since I will be found guilty, why should I labor in vain? 29If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?
30If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, 30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,
31then You dip me in a pit of mud, and my own clothes despise me! 31then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor 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 human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
33There is no one to judge between us, to lay his hand on both of us. 33Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,
34Let Him take His rod away from me so His terror will no longer frighten me. 34who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.
35Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own. 35Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.
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