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9 : 1 Then Job replied:
9 : 2 Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be righteous before God?
9 : 3 Though one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
9 : 4 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
9 : 5 He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.
9 : 6 He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
9 : 7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.
9 : 8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 : 9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
9 : 10 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
9 : 11 When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
9 : 12 If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, `What are you doing?`
9 : 13 God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
9 : 14 How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?
9 : 15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
9 : 16 Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
9 : 17 He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
9 : 18 He would not let me regain my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
9 : 19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who will summon him ?
9 : 20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
9 : 21 Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
9 : 22 It is all the same; that is why I say, `He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.`
9 : 23 When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
9 : 24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
9 : 25 My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
9 : 26 They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
9 : 27 If I say, `I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,`
9 : 28 I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
9 : 29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?
9 : 30 Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing soda,
9 : 31 you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
9 : 32 He is not a man like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
9 : 33 If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both,
9 : 34 someone to remove God`s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
9 : 35 Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.