Berean Standard Bible

Job 9:16-35

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 tempestH8183 and 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 1?20Even ifH518 I were righteousH6663, my mouthH6310 would condemn meH7561; if IH589 were blamelessH8535, it would declare me guiltyH6140.2

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 3and 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.

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