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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 Revised Standard NRS

1 Then Job answered:

2 "Indeed I know that this is so; but how can a mortal be just before God?

3 If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.

4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength —who has resisted him, and succeeded?—

5 he who removes mountains, and they do not know it, 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, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;

8 who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the Sea;

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

10 who does great things beyond understanding, and marvelous things without number.

11 Look, he passes by me, and I do not see him; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.

12 He snatches away; who can stop him? Who will say to him, "What are you doing?'

13 "God will not turn back his anger; the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him.

14 How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?

15 Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.

16 If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.

17 For he crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;

18 he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

19 If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

21 I am blameless; I do not know myself; I loathe my life.

22 It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.

23 When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the eyes of its judges— if it is not he, who then is it?

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

26 They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.

27 If I say, "I will forget my complaint; I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,'

28 I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?

30 If I wash myself with soap and cleanse my hands with lye,

31 yet you will plunge me into filth, and my own clothes will abhor me.

32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.

33 There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

34 If he would take his rod away from me, and not let dread of him terrify me,

35 then I would speak without fear of him, for I know I am not what I am thought to be.