Job 9
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1Then Job answered and said:1Then Job answered:
2“Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?2"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
3If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength--who has resisted him and remained safe?
5He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;5He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;
6He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
7He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;7he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;
8He alone spreads 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 made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;9he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;
10He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.
11If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to 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 will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.13God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.
14“How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?14"How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!
15For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.
16If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.16If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice--
17For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.17he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
18He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
19If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?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?'
20Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
21“I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.21I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.
22It is all one thing; Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’22"It is all one! That is why I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the guilty.'
23If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.23If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, who else could it be?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?
25“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.25"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
26They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.26They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,'
28I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.
29If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?29If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?
30If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,
31Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.31then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
32“For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
33Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.33Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,
34Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify 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 it is not so with me.35Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.
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