| Job 9:1 |
Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 9:2 |
I do indeed know that it is so. / But how can a man be righteous before God? |
| Job 9:3 |
If he is pleased to contend with Him, / He cannot answer Him one thing in a thousand. |
| Job 9:4 |
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength-- / Who has [ever] resisted Him and come through whole?-- |
| Job 9:5 |
He who removes mountains, and they do not know [it,] / When He overturns them in His anger; |
| Job 9:6 |
Who shakes the earth from its place, / And its pillars shake; |
| Job 9:7 |
Who commands the sun, and it does not rise, / And seals up the stars; |
| Job 9:8 |
Who alone stretched forth the heavens / And trod upon the heights of the sea; |
| Job 9:9 |
Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, / And the chambers of the south; |
| Job 9:10 |
Who does great things that cannot be searched, / Indeed, wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered. |
| Job 9:11 |
Indeed, He passes by me, but I do not see [Him;] / And He goes by, but I do not perceive Him. |
| Job 9:12 |
Indeed, He snatches away; who can stop Him? / Who can say to Him, What are You doing? |
| Job 9:13 |
God does not turn back His anger; / Under Him Rahab's helpers stoop. |
| Job 9:14 |
How then can I answer Him / And choose my words [properly] with Him? |
| Job 9:15 |
I, though righteous, could not answer [Him;] / I could [only] plead for mercy before my Judge. |
| Job 9:16 |
If I called out and He answered me, / I do not believe that He would hearken to my voice. |
| Job 9:17 |
For He crushes me with a whirlwind / And multiplies my wounds without cause. |
| Job 9:18 |
He does not permit me to catch my breath, / But fills me with bitterness. |
| Job 9:19 |
If [we speak] of strength, indeed, [He is] mighty! / Or if of judgment, Who, [says He,] can appoint Me a time? |
| Job 9:20 |
Though I am righteous, my mouth would condemn me; / Though I am perfect, it would prove me perverse. |
| Job 9:21 |
I am perfect; I do not regard my soul; / I despise my life. |
| Job 9:22 |
It is [all] one; therefore I say, / He destroys the perfect and the wicked. |
| Job 9:23 |
If some scourge suddenly kills, / He derides the despair of the innocent. |
| Job 9:24 |
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; / He covers the faces of its judges. / If not [He,] then who is it? |
| Job 9:25 |
And my days are swifter than a running messenger; / They flee away, they do not see good; |
| Job 9:26 |
They go by like reed boats, / Like an eagle swooping on the prey. |
| Job 9:27 |
If I say, I will forget my complaint, / I will put off my [sad] countenance and look cheerful; |
| Job 9:28 |
I fear all my pains: / I know that You will not hold me innocent. |
| Job 9:29 |
I will be accounted wicked; / Why then do I labor in vain? |
| Job 9:30 |
If I wash myself with soap / And cleanse my hands with lye, |
| Job 9:31 |
Yet You will plunge me into the pit, / And my own garments will abhor me. |
| Job 9:32 |
For [He is] not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, / That we should enter into litigation together. |
| Job 9:33 |
There is no referee between us, / Who may lay his hand upon us both. |
| Job 9:34 |
Let Him take His rod away from me, / And let not the dread of Him terrify me; |
| Job 9:35 |
[Then] I would speak and not be afraid; / For I am not such. |