Job 9:16-23

16He might agree to meet with me in court. But I do not believe that he would listen to me.

17He would attack me with a strong storm. He would hurt me even more, for no reason.

18He would not allow me to breathe quietly. Instead, he would make me very upset.

19If I tried to fight God, he is much stronger than I am. And if I ask for justice, who can bring God to court?

20I am right. I have not done anything that is wrong. But my words would say that I am guilty.

21I have not done anything that is wrong. But it does not matter what happens to me. My life is not important to me.

22The same thing happens to good people and to wicked people. So I say, “God destroys people who are not guilty as well as those who are guilty.”

23When disease comes, people may die suddenly. God laughs at good people who suffer like that.