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9 : 1 Then Job answered and said:
9 : 2 Truly I know that it is so:But how can a man bein the right before God?
9 : 3 If one wished tocontend with him,one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
9 : 4 He iswise in heart and mighty in strength&emdash;who hashardened himself against him, and succeeded?&emdash;
9 : 5 he who removes mountains, and they know it not,when he overturns them in his anger,
9 : 6 whoshakes the earth out of its place,andits pillars tremble;
9 : 7 who commands the sun, and it does not rise;who seals up the stars;
9 : 8 who alonestretched out the heavensand trampled the waves of the sea;
9 : 9 whomadethe Bear andOrion,the Pleiadesand the chambers of the south;
9 : 10 who doesgreat things beyond searching out,and marvelous things beyond number.
9 : 11 Behold, he passes by me, and Isee him not;he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
9 : 12 Behold, he snatches away;who can turn him back?Who will say to him,What are you doing?
9 : 13 God will not turn back his anger;beneath him bowed the helpers ofRahab.
9 : 14 How then can Ianswer him,choosing my words with him?
9 : 15 Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;I mustappeal for mercy to my accuser.
9 : 16 If I summoned him and he answered me,I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
9 : 17 For he crushes me with a tempestand multiplies my woundswithout cause;
9 : 18 he will not let me get my breath,but fills me with bitterness.
9 : 19 If it is a contest ofstrength, behold, he is mighty!If it is a matter of justice, who cansummon him?
9 : 20 Though I am in the right,my own mouth would condemn me;though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
9 : 21 I amblameless; I regard not myself;Iloathe my life.
9 : 22 It is all one; therefore I say,Hedestroys both the blameless and the wicked.
9 : 23 Whendisaster brings sudden death,he mocks at the calamityof the innocent.
9 : 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;hecovers the faces of its judges&emdash;if it is not he, who then is it?
9 : 25 Mydays are swifter thana runner;they flee away; they see no good.
9 : 26 They go by likeskiffs of reed,likean eagle swooping on the prey.
9 : 27 If I say,I will forget my complaint,I will put off my sad face, andbe of good cheer,
9 : 28 I becomeafraid of all my suffering,for I know you will nothold me innocent.
9 : 29 I shall becondemned;why then do I labor in vain?
9 : 30 If I wash myself with snowandcleanse my hands with lye,
9 : 31 yet you will plunge me into a pit,and my own clothes willabhor me.
9 : 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,that we shouldcome to trial together.
9 : 33 There is noarbiter between us,who might lay his hand on us both.
9 : 34 Let him take hisrod away from me,and letnot dread of him terrify me.
9 : 35 Then I would speak without fear of him,for I am not so in myself.