Job 9:1 - Prayer Tents

Job Says There Is No Arbitrator between God and Man

9Then Job answered,H347H6030H559

2"In truth I know that this is so, But how can a man be in the right before God?H3045H551H582H6663H410

3"If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand [times.]H2654H7378H6030H259H505

4"Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm?H2450H3824H533H3581H7185H7999

5"[It is God] who removes the mountains, they know not [how,] When He overturns them in His anger;H6275H2022H3045H2015H639

6Who shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;H7264H776H4725H5982H6426

7Who commands the sun not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars;H559H2775H2224H2856H3556

8Who alone stretches out the heavens, And tramples down the waves of the sea;H5186H8064H1869H1116H3220

9Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;H6213H5906H3685H3598H2315H8486

10Who does great things, unfathomable, And wondrous works without number.H6213H1419H369H2714H6381H4557

11"Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past [ me,] I would not perceive Him.H5674H7200H2498H995

12"Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What art Thou doing?'H2862H7725H559H6213

13"God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.H433H7725H639H7293H5826H7817

14"How then can I answer Him, [And] choose my words before Him?H6030H977H1697

15"For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.H6663H6030H2603H8199

16"If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.H7121H6030H539H238H6963

17"For He bruises me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.H7779H8183H7235H6482H2600

18"He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.H5414H7725H7307H7646H4472

19"If [it is a matter] of power, behold, [He is] the strong one! And if [it is a matter] of justice, who can summon Him?H3581H533H4941H3259

20"Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.H6663H6310H7561H8535H6140

21"I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life.H8535H3045H5315H3988H2416

22"It is [all] one; therefore I say, 'He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.'H259H559H3615H8535H7563

23"If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.H7752H4191H6597H3932H4531H5355

24"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If [it is] not [He,] then who is it?H776H5414H3027H7563H3680H6440H8199H645

25"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.H3117H7043H7323H1272H7200H2896

26"They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.H2498H5973H16H591H5404H2907H400

27"Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance and be cheerful,'H559H7911H7879H5800H6440H1082

28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not acquit me.H3025H6094H3045H5352

29"I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?H7561H3021H1892

30"If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,H7364H7950H4325H1119H3709H1252H1253H2141

31Yet Thou wouldst plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.H227H2881H7845H8008H8581

32"For [He is] not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may go to court together.H376H6030H935H3162H4941

33"There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.H3426H3198H7896H3027H8147

34"Let Him remove His rod from me, And let not dread of Him terrify me.H5493H7626H5493H367H1204

35"[Then] I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.H1696H3372