Job 9

Berean Standard Bible

Job: How Can I Contend with God?

2“YesH551, I knowH3045 thatH3588 it is soH3651,but howH4100 can a mortalH582 be righteousH6663 beforeH5973 GodH410?3IfH518 one wishedH2654 to contendH7378 withH5973 God,1he could notH3808 answer HimH6030 oneH259 time out ofH4480 a thousandH505.4God is wiseH2450 in heartH3824 and mightyH533 in strengthH3581.WhoH4310 has resistedH7185 HimH413 and prosperedH7999?5He movesH6275 mountainsH2022 withoutH3808 their knowledgeH3045and overturns themH2015 in His angerH639.6He shakesH7264 the earthH776 from its placeH4725,so that its foundationsH5982 trembleH6426.7He commandsH559 the sunH2775 notH3808 to shineH2224;2He seals offH1157 H2856 the starsH3556.8He aloneH905 stretches outH5186 the heavensH8064and treadsH1869 onH5921 the wavesH1116 of the seaH3220.9He is the MakerH6213 of the BearH5906 and OrionH3685,of the PleiadesH3598 and the constellationsH2315 of the southH8486.10He doesH6213 great thingsH1419 beyondH5704 H369 searching outH2714,and wondersH6381 H5704 withoutH369 numberH4557.11Were HeH2005 to passH5674 by meH5921, I would notH3808 see HimH7200;were He to moveH2498, I would notH3808 recognizeH995 Him.12IfH2005 He takes awayH2862,3 whoH4310 can stop HimH7725?WhoH4310 dares to askH559 HimH413, ‘WhatH4100 are You doingH6213?’13GodH433 does notH3808 restrainH7725 His angerH639;the helpersH5826 of RahabH7294 cowerH7817 beneath HimH8478.

14HowH637 thenH3588 can IH595 answer HimH6030or chooseH977 my argumentsH1697 against HimH5973?15ForH834 even ifH518 I were rightH6663, I could notH3808 answerH6030.I could only beg my JudgeH8199 for mercyH2603.16IfH518 I summoned HimH7121 and He answered meH6030,I do notH3808 believeH539 He would listenH238 to my voiceH6963.17ForH834 He would crush meH7779 with a tempestH8183and multiplyH7235 my woundsH6482 without causeH2600.18He does notH3808 let meH5414 catchH7725 my breathH7307,butH3588 overwhelms meH7646 with bitternessH4472.19IfH518 it is a matter of strengthH3581,He is indeedH2009 mightyH533!IfH518 it is a matter of justiceH4941,whoH4310 can summon HimH3259 4?20Even ifH518 I were righteousH6663, my mouthH6310 would condemn meH7561;if IH589 were blamelessH8535, it would declare me guiltyH6140.5

21Though IH589 am blamelessH8535, I have noH3808 concernH3045 for myselfH5315;I despiseH3988 my own lifeH2416.22ItH1931 is all the sameH259, and soH5921 H3651 I sayH559,‘HeH1931 destroysH3615 both the blamelessH8535 and the wickedH7563.’23WhenH518 the scourgeH7752 brings suddenH6597 deathH4191,He mocksH3932 the despairH4531 of the innocentH5355.24The earthH776 is givenH5414 into the handH3027 of the wickedH7563;He blindfoldsH6440 H3680 its judgesH8199.IfH518 it is notH3808 He, thenH645 whoH4310 is itH1931?

25My daysH3117 are swifterH7043 thanH4480 a runnerH7323;they fleeH1272 withoutH3808 seeingH7200 goodH2896.26They sweep byH2498 likeH5973 boatsH591 of papyrusH16,like an eagleH5404 swooping downH2907 onH5921 its preyH400.27IfH518 I were to sayH559, ‘I will forgetH7911 my complaintH7879and changeH5800 my expressionH6440 and smileH1082,’28I would still dreadH3025 allH3605 my sufferingsH6094;I knowH3045 thatH3588 You will notH3808 acquit meH5352.29Since I amH595 already found guiltyH7561,whyH4100 H2088 should I laborH3021 in vainH1892?30IfH518 I should washH7364 myselfH1119 with snowH7950 6and cleanseH2141 my handsH3709 with lyeH1253,31thenH227 You would plunge meH2881 into the pitH7845,and even my own clothesH8008 would despise meH8581.

32ForH3588 He is notH3808 a manH376 like meH3644, that I can answer HimH6030,that we can takeH3162 each otherH935 to courtH4941.33NorH3808 is thereH3426 a mediatorH3198 between usH996,to layH7896 his handH3027 upon usH5921 bothH8147.34Let Him removeH5493 His rodH7626 from meH5921,so that His terrorH367 will noH408 longer frighten meH1204.35Then I would speakH1696 withoutH3808 fear of HimH3372.ButH3588 as it isH3808 H3651, IH595 am on my ownH5978.