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9 Job said in reply:
2 “For a fact I know that this is so.
But how can mortal man be in the right in a case with God?
3 If someone wishes to argue with Him,*
That one could not answer one of His questions in a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart and mighty in power.
Who can resist him and come off uninjured?
5 He moves* mountains without anyone knowing it;
He overturns them in his anger.
6 He shakes the earth out of its place,
So that its pillars tremble.
7 He commands the sun not to shine
And seals off the light of the stars;
8 He spreads out the heavens by himself,
And he treads upon the high waves of the sea.
9 He made the Ash,* the Keʹsil,* and the Kiʹmah constellations,*
And the constellations of the southern sky;*
10 He does great and unsearchable things,
Wonderful things that cannot be counted.
11 He passes by me, and I cannot see him;
He moves past me, but I do not discern him.
12 When he snatches something, who can resist him?
Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 God will not restrain his anger;
Even the helpers of Raʹhab* will bow down to him.
14 How much more when I answer him
Must I choose my words carefully to argue with him!
15 Even if I were in the right, I would not answer him.
I could only plead for mercy from my judge.*
16 If I call out to him, will he answer me?
I do not believe that he will listen to my voice,
17 For he crushes me with a storm
And multiplies my wounds for no reason.
18 He does not let me catch my breath;
He keeps filling me with bitter things.
19 If it is a matter of power, he is the strong one.
If it is a matter of justice, he says: ‘Who can call me to account?’*
20 If I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;
22 It is all the same. That is why I say,
‘He destroys the innocent* and the wicked alike.’
23 If a flash flood should cause sudden death,
He would mock at the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth has been handed over to the wicked;
He covers the eyes* of its judges.
If it is not he, then, who is it?
25 Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They run away without seeing good.
26 They glide by like reed boats,
Like eagles that swoop down on their prey.
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will change my expression and be cheerful,’
28 I would still be afraid because of all my pains,
And I know you would not find me innocent.
29 I would be found guilty.*
So why should I struggle in vain?
30 If I wash myself in water from melting snow,
And I cleanse my hands in lye,*
31 Then you would dip me in a pit,
So that even my own garments would detest me.
32 For he is not a man like me that I may answer him,
That we should go to court together.
34 If he would stop beating me*
And not let his terror frighten me,
35 Then I would speak to him unafraid,
For it is not in me to speak out of fear.