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Job|9:1|-|Then Job answered and said,
Job|9:2|-|I do indeed know that it is so.But how can a man be |a|righteous before God?
Job|9:3|-|If he is pleased to contend with Him,He cannot answer Him one thing in a thousand.
Job|9:4|-|He is wise in heart and mighty in strength—Who has ever resisted Him and come through whole?—
Job|9:5|-|He who |1a|removes mountains, and they do not know it,When He overturns them in His anger;
Job|9:6|-|Who |a|shakes the earth from its place,And its pillars shake;
Job|9:7|-|Who commands the |a|sun, and it does not rise,And seals up the stars;
Job|9:8|-|Who alone |a|stretched forth the heavensAnd |b|trod upon the heights of the sea;
Job|9:9|-|Who made the |a|Bear, |b|Orion, and the Pleiades,And the chambers of the south;
Job|9:10|-|Who does great things that cannot be searched,Indeed, wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered.
Job|9:11|-|Indeed, He passes by me, but I do not see Him;And He goes by, but I do not perceive Him.
Job|9:12|-|Indeed, He snatches away; who can stop Him?Who can say to Him, |a|What are You doing?
Job|9:13|-|God does not turn back His anger;Under Him |1|Rahab’s helpers stoop.
Job|9:14|-|How then can I answer HimAnd choose my words properly with Him?
Job|9:15|-|I, though righteous, could not answer Him;I could only plead for mercy before my |1|Judge.
Job|9:16|-|If I called out and He answered me,I do not believe that He would hearken to my voice.
Job|9:17|-|For He crushes me with a whirlwindAnd multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job|9:18|-|He does not permit me to catch my breath,But fills me with bitterness.
Job|9:19|-|If we speak of strength, indeed, He is mighty!Or if of |a|judgment, Who, says He, can appoint Me a time?
Job|9:20|-|Though I am righteous, my mouth would condemn me;Though I am perfect, |1|it would prove me perverse.
Job|9:21|-|I am |a|perfect; I do not regard my soul;I despise my life.
Job|9:22|-|It is all one; therefore I say,He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
Job|9:23|-|If some scourge suddenly kills,He derides the |1|despair of the innocent.
Job|9:24|-|The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;He covers the faces of its judges.
If not He, then who is it?
Job|9:25|-|And my |a|days are swifter than a running messenger;They flee away, they do not see good;
Job|9:26|-|They go by like reed boats,Like an eagle swooping on the prey.
Job|9:27|-|If I say, I will forget my complaint,I will put off my sad countenance and look cheerful;
Job|9:28|-|I fear all my pains:I know that You will not hold me innocent.
Job|9:29|-|I will be accounted wicked;Why then do I labor in vain?
Job|9:30|-|If I |a|wash myself with |1|soapAnd cleanse my hands with lye,
Job|9:31|-|Yet You will plunge me into the pit,And my own garments will abhor me.
Job|9:32|-|For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him,That we should enter into litigation together.
Job|9:33|-|There is no referee between us,Who may lay his hand upon us both.
Job|9:34|-|Let Him take His rod away from me,And let not the dread of Him terrify me;
Job|9:35|-|Then I would speak and not be afraid;For I am not such.
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