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Job 9

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1 Then Job answered:
1 Then Job replied:
2 Yes, I know what you've said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?
2 “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
3 If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand [times].
3 Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
4 God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?
4 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
5 He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in His anger.
5 He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.
6 He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble.
6 He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
7 He commands the sun not to shine and seals off the stars.
7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.
8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 He makes [the stars]: the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.
9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 He performs great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
11 If He passes by me, I wouldn't see Him; [if] He goes right by, I wouldn't recognize Him.
11 When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12 If He snatches [something], who can stop Him? Who can ask Him, "What are You doing?"
12 If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 God does not hold back His anger; Rahab's assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!
13 God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
14 “How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?
15 Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my judge for mercy.
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
16 If I summoned [Him] and He answered me, I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
17 He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause.
17 He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
18 He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences.
18 He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
19 If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him ?
20 Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
21 Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life.
21 “Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same. Therefore I say, "He destroys both the blameless and the wicked."
22 It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
23 When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth is handed over to the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it isn't He, then who is it?
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
25 My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.
25 “My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
26 They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on [its] prey.
26 They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
27 If I said, "I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,"
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I would still live in terror of all my pains. I know You will not acquit me.
28 I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
29 Since I will be found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
30 Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,
31 then You dip me in a pit [of mud], and my own clothes despise me!
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
32 “He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
33 There is no one to judge between us, to lay his hand on both of us.
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,
34 Let Him take His rod away from me so His terror will no longer frighten me.
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
35 Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own.
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.
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