Job 9:1-21 ▼

1 And Job answers and says:

2 “Truly I have known that [it is] so, || But how is man righteous with God?

3 If he delights to strive with Him—He does not answer him one of a thousand.

4 Wise in heart and strong in power—Who has hardened toward Him and is at peace?

5 Who is removing mountains, || And they have not known, || Who has overturned them in His anger.

6 Who is shaking earth from its place, || And its pillars move themselves.

7 Who is commanding to the sun, and it does not rise, || And the stars He seals up.

8 Stretching out the heavens by Himself, || And treading on the heights of the sea,

9 Making the Great Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, || And the inner chambers of the south.

10 Doing great things until there is no searching, || And wonderful, until there is no numbering.

11 Behold, He goes over by me, and I do not see, || And He passes on, and I do not attend to it.

12 Behold, He snatches away, who brings it back? Who says to Him, What [are] You doing?

13 God does not turn back His anger, || Proud helpers have bowed under Him.

14 How much less do I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?

15 Whom, though I were righteous, I do not answer, || For my judgment I make supplication.

16 Though I had called and He answers me, I do not believe that He gives ear [to] my voice.

17 Because He bruises me with a storm, || And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.

18 He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, || But fills me with bitter things.

19 If of power, behold, the Strong One; And if of judgment—who convenes me?

20 If I am righteous, my mouth declares me wicked; [If] I am perfect, it declares me perverse.

21 I am perfect; I do not know my soul, I despise my life.