LITV - Job - 9

9:1  And Job answered and said:

9:2  Truly I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?

9:3  If he would argue with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand.

9:4  He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has been hard against Him, and been at peace?

9:5  He who moves the mountains, and they do not know; when He overturns them in His anger;

9:6  who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;

9:7  the One speaking to the sun, and it does not rise; and He sets a seal around the stars;

9:8  stretching out the heavens by Himself, and walking on the waves of the sea;

9:9  Who made the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

9:10  who is doing great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number?

9:11  Behold, He goes by me, and I do not see Him ; and He passes on, but I do not perceive Him.

9:12  Behold, He takes away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?

9:13  God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of pride stoop under Him.

9:14  How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words with Him!

9:15  Though I were righteous, I could not answer Him ; I seek mercy for my judgment.

9:16  If I had called and He had answered me; I would not believe that He had listened to my voice;

9:17  He who breaks me with a tempest, and adds to my wounds without cause;

9:18  who will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

9:19  If I speak of strength, behold, He is mighty; and if of judgment, who can summon me?

9:20  If I justify myself, my mouth will condemn me; though I am perfect, He shall declare me perverse;

9:21  though I were perfect, I would not know my own soul; I despise my life.

9:22  It is One; so then I said He is consuming the perfect and the wicked.

9:23  If the whip kills suddenly, He will mock at the testing of the innocent.

9:24  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?

9:25  Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good;

9:26  they have passed away like the reed ships; as an eagle swoops on food.

9:27  If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will loosen my face and be cheerful,

9:28  I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that You will not hold me innocent;

9:29  I have been condemned; why should I labor in vain?

9:30  If I wash myself with snow, and make my hands clean with soap,

9:31  yet You will plunge me into the ditch, and my own clothes would abhor me.

9:32  For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him; that we should come together in judgment;

9:33  there is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on both of us.

9:34  Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His dread make me afraid;

9:35  then I would speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so in myself.