9Then Job answered and said:H347H6030H559 2"Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?H3045H551H582H6663H410 3If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.H2654H7378H6030H259H505 4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?H2450H3824H533H3581H7185H7999 5He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;H6275H2022H3045H2015H639 6He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;H7264H776H4725H5982H6426 7He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;H559H2775H2224H2856H3556 8He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;H5186H8064H1869H1116H3220 9He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;H6213H5906H3685H3598H2315H8486 10He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.H6213H1419H369H2714H6381H4557 11If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;H5674H7200H2498H995 12If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?'H2862H7725H559H6213 13God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.H433H7725H639H7293H5826H7817 14"How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?H6030H977H1697 15For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.H6663H6030H2603H8199 16If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.H7121H6030H539H238H6963 17For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.H7779H8183H7235H6482H2600 18He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.H5414H7725H7307H7646H4472 19If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?H3581H533H4941H3259 20Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.H6663H6310H7561H8535H6140 21"I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.H8535H3045H5315H3988H2416 22It is all one thing; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'H259H559H3615H8535H7563 23If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.H7752H4191H6597H3932H4531H5355 24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, who else could it be?H776H5414H3027H7563H3680H6440H8199H645 25"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.H3117H7043H7323H1272H7200H2896 26They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.H2498H5973H16H591H5404H2907H400 27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'H559H7911H7879H5800H6440H1082 28I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.H3025H6094H3045H5352 29If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?H7561H3021H1892 30If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,H7364H7950H4325H1119H3709H1252H1253H2141 31Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.H227H2881H7845H8008H8581 32"For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.H376H6030H935H3162H4941 33Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.H3426H3198H7896H3027H8147 34Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.H5493H7626H5493H367H1204 35Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.H1696H3372
