Job - Chapter 9 | New King James Version

  • 1. Then Job answered and said:
  • 2. "Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?
  • 3. If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
  • 4. God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
  • 5. He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;
  • 6. He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
  • 7. He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;
  • 8. He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;
  • 9. He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
  • 10. He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.
  • 11. If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
  • 12. If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?'
  • 13. God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud {cf2super [12]} lie prostrate beneath Him.
  • 14. "How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?
  • 15. For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.
  • 16. If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
  • 17. For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.
  • 18. He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
  • 19. If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
  • 20. Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
  • 21. "I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.
  • 22. It is all one thing; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'
  • 23. If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
  • 24. The 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?
  • 25. "Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
  • 26. They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
  • 27. If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'
  • 28. I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.
  • 29. If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?
  • 30. If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,
  • 31. Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.
  • 32. "For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.
  • 33. Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.
  • 34. Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
  • 35. Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.
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