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Job 9

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1 Then Job replied:

2 “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?

3 Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

4 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

5 He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.

6 He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.

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.

9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

10 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

11 When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

12 If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

13 God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.

14 “How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?

15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.

16 Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.

17 He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

18 He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

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 innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

21 “Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

22 It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

23 When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

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 are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

26 They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’

28 I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?

30 Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

31 you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.

32 “He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.

33 If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,

34 someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.

35 Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

New King James Version NKJV

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 "Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?

3 If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;

6 He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;

7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;

8 He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;

9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

10 He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.

11 If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

12 If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?'

13 God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.

14 "How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?

15 For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.

16 If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

17 For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.

18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

19 If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?

20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

21 "I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.

22 It is all one thing; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'

23 If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight 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, who else could it be?

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

26 They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.

27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'

28 I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

29 If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,

31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.

32 "For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.

33 Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.

34 Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.

35 Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.