Job 9

1Then JobH347 answeredH6030 and saidH559, 2I knowH3045 it to be so of a truthH551: but how should manH582 be justH6663 with GodH410?1 3If he willH2654 contendH7378 with him, he cannot answerH6030 him oneH259 time out of a thousandH505. 4He is wiseH2450 in heartH3824, and mightyH533 in strengthH3581: who hath hardenedH7185 himself against him, and hath prosperedH7999? 5Who removethH6275 the mountainsH2022, and they knowH3045 not: who overturnethH2015 them in his angerH639. 6Who shakethH7264 the earthH776 out of its placeH4725, and its pillarsH5982 trembleH6426. 7Who commandethH559 the sunH2775, and it risethH2224 not; and sealeth upH2856 the starsH3556. 8Who alone spreadeth outH5186 the heavensH8064, and treadethH1869 upon the wavesH1116 of the seaH3220.2 9Who makethH6213 ArcturusH5906, OrionH3685, and PleiadesH3598, and the chambersH2315 of the southH8486.3 10Who doethH6213 great thingsH1419 pastH369 finding outH2714; yea, and wondersH6381 without numberH4557. 11Lo, he goethH5674 by me, and I seeH7200 him not: he passeth onH2498 also, but I perceiveH995 him not. 12Behold, he taketh awayH2862, who can hinderH7725 him? who will sayH559 to him, What doestH6213 thou?4 13If GodH433 will not withdrawH7725 his angerH639, the proudH7293 helpersH5826 do stoopH7817 under him.5

14How much less shall I answerH6030 him, and choose outH977 my wordsH1697 to reason with him? 15Whom, though I were righteousH6663, yet would I not answerH6030, but I would make supplicationH2603 to my judgeH8199. 16If I had calledH7121, and he had answeredH6030 me; yet I would not believeH539 that he had hearkenedH238 to my voiceH6963. 17For he breakethH7779 me with a tempestH8183, and multipliethH7235 my woundsH6482 without causeH2600. 18He will not allowH5414 me to takeH7725 my breathH7307, but fillethH7646 me with bitternessH4472. 19If I speak of strengthH3581, lo, he is strongH533: and if of judgmentH4941, who shall setH3259 me a time to plead ? 20If I justifyH6663 myself, my own mouthH6310 shall condemnH7561 me: if I say, I am perfectH8535, that also shall prove me perverseH6140. 21Though I were perfectH8535, yet would I not knowH3045 my soulH5315: I would despiseH3988 my lifeH2416.

22This isoneH259thing, therefore I saidH559it, He destroyethH3615 the perfectH8535 and the wickedH7563. 23If the scourgeH7752 shall slayH4191 suddenlyH6597, he will laughH3932 at the trialH4531 of the innocentH5355. 24The earthH776 is givenH5414 into the handH3027 of the wickedH7563: he coverethH3680 the facesH6440 of its judgesH8199; if not, whereH645, and who is he?

25Now my daysH3117 are swifterH7043 than a postH7323: they flee awayH1272, they seeH7200 no goodH2896. 26They are passed awayH2498 asH5973 the swiftH16 shipsH591: as the eagleH5404 that hastethH2907 to the preyH400.6 27If I sayH559, I will forgetH7911 my complaintH7879, I will put offH5800 my heavinessH6440, and comfortH1082 myself : 28I am afraidH3025 of all my sorrowsH6094, I knowH3045 that thou wilt not hold me innocentH5352. 29If I am wickedH7561, why then do I labourH3021 in vainH1892? 30If I washH7364 myself withH7950 snow waterH4325H1119, and make my handsH3709 neverH1252H1253 so cleanH2141; 31YetH227 shalt thou plungeH2881 me in the ditchH7845, and my own clothesH8008 shall abhorH8581 me.7 32For he is not a manH376, as I am, that I should answerH6030 him, and we should comeH935 togetherH3162 in judgmentH4941. 33Neither isH3426 there any mediatorH3198 between us, that might layH7896 his handH3027 upon us bothH8147.89 34Let him take awayH5493 his rodH7626 from me, and let not his fearH367 terrifyH1204 me: 35Then would I speakH1696, and not fearH3372 him; but it is not so with me.10