Job 9:25-35 ▼

25 Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.

26 They are passed away like ships of the enemy; like the eagle that swoops on the prey.

27 I have forgotten my bitterness; if my mind or my thought would leave me alone, then I would find rest.

28 Though I am at rest, I am afraid of every torment, because I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent.

29 Behold, if I am declared guilty, why then dost thou consume me in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow why then dost thou consume me in my hands;

31 Yet thou shalt plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes shall be abhorrent to me.

32 For God is not a man as I am, that I might answer him. and that we should come together for trial.

33 O that there were a judge between us, that he might silence us both!

34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me;

35 Then I would speak, and I will not be afraid of him, for I have never been against him.