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Job 9:1-21

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Job 1Then Job replied:

2“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?

3Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

5He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.

6He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.

7He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.

8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

9He is the Maker of the Bear Or of Leo and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

10He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

11When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

12If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

13God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.

14“How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?

15Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.

16Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.

17He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

18He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

19If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him See Septuagint; Hebrew me. ?

20Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

21“Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.