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Job, Chapter 9

¹ Then Job^aanswered,
² “In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right^bbefore God?
³ “If one wished to dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
⁴ “Wise in heart and mighty in strength,
Who has^cdefied Him^dwithout harm?
⁵ “It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how,
When He overturns them in His anger;
⁶ Who shakes the earth out of its place,
And its pillars tremble;
⁷ Who commands the sun^enot to shine,
And sets a seal upon the stars;
⁸ Who alone stretches out the heavens
And^ftramples down the waves of the sea;
⁹ Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
¹⁰ Who does great things,^gunfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.
¹¹ “Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
¹² “Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
¹³ “God will not turn back His anger;
Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.
¹⁴ “How then can I^hanswer Him,
And choose my wordsⁱbefore Him?
¹⁵ “For though I were right, I could not^janswer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.
¹⁶ “If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
¹⁷ “For He bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.
¹⁸ “He will not allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with bitterness.
¹⁹ “If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon^kHim?
²⁰ “Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
²¹ “I am guiltless;
I do not take notice of myself;
I despise my life.
²² “It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’
²³ “If the scourge kills suddenly,
He mocks the despair of the innocent.
²⁴ “The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
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.
²⁶ “They slip by like reed boats,
Like an eagle that swoops on^lits prey.
²⁷ “Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’
²⁸ I am afraid of all my pains,
I know that You will not acquit me.
²⁹ “I am accounted wicked,
Why then should I toil in vain?
³⁰ “If I should wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,
³¹ Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.
³² “For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,
That we may go to^mcourt together.
³³ “There is no umpire between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.
³⁴ “Let Him remove His rod from me,
And let not dread of Him terrify me.
³⁵ “Then I would speak and not fear Him;
But I am not like that in myself.

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