Job 9:1 - Prayer Tents

Job’s Reply to Bildad

9Then Job answered:H347H6030H559

2Yes, I know what you've said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?H3045H551H582H6663H410

3If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand [times].H2654H7378H6030H259H505

4God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?H2450H3824H533H3581H7185H7999

5He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in His anger.H6275H2022H3045H2015H639

6He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble.H7264H776H4725H5982H6426

7He commands the sun not to shine and seals off the stars.H559H2775H2224H2856H3556

8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.H5186H8064H1869H1116H3220

9He makes [the stars]: the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.H6213H5906H3685H3598H2315H8486

10He performs great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.H6213H1419H369H2714H6381H4557

11If He passes by me, I wouldn't see Him; [if] He goes right by, I wouldn't recognize Him.H5674H7200H2498H995

12If He snatches [something], who can stop Him? Who can ask Him, "What are You doing?"H2862H7725H559H6213

13God does not hold back His anger; Rahab's assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!H433H7725H639H7293H5826H7817

14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?H6030H977H1697

15Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my judge for mercy.H6663H6030H2603H8199

16If I summoned [Him] and He answered me, I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.H7121H6030H539H238H6963

17He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause.H7779H8183H7235H6482H2600

18He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences.H5414H7725H7307H7646H4472

19If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?H3581H533H4941H3259

20Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.H6663H6310H7561H8535H6140

21Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life.H8535H3045H5315H3988H2416

22It is all the same. Therefore I say, "He destroys both the blameless and the wicked."H259H559H3615H8535H7563

23When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.H7752H4191H6597H3932H4531H5355

24The earth is handed over to the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it isn't He, then who is it?H776H5414H3027H7563H3680H6440H8199H645

25My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.H3117H7043H7323H1272H7200H2896

26They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on [its] prey.H2498H5973H16H591H5404H2907H400

27If I said, "I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,"H559H7911H7879H5800H6440H1082

28I would still live in terror of all my pains. I know You will not acquit me.H3025H6094H3045H5352

29Since I will be found guilty, why should I labor in vain?H7561H3021H1892

30If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,H7364H7950H4325H1119H3709H1252H1253H2141

31then You dip me in a pit [of mud], and my own clothes despise me!H227H2881H7845H8008H8581

32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.H376H6030H935H3162H4941

33There is no one to judge between us, to lay his hand on both of us.H3426H3198H7896H3027H8147

34Let Him take His rod away from me so His terror will no longer frighten me.H5493H7626H5493H367H1204

35Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own.H1696H3372