Job 9
1. Then Job answered * and said * ,
2. I know * it is so of a truth: but how should man be just * with God?
3. If he will * contend * with him, he cannot answer * him one of a thousand.
4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened * himself against him, and hath prospered * ?
5. Which removeth * the mountains, and they know * not: which overturneth * them in his anger.
6. Which shaketh * the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble * .
7. Which commandeth * the sun, and it riseth * not; and sealeth up * the stars.
8. Which alone spreadeth out * the heavens,and treadeth * upon the waves of the sea.
9. Which maketh * Arcturus, Orion,and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10. Which doeth * great things past finding out; yea, and wonders * without number.
11. Lo, he goeth * by me, and I see * him not: he passeth on * also, but I perceive * him not.
12. Behold, he taketh away * , who can hinder * him? who will say * unto him, What doest * thou?
13. If God will not withdraw * his anger, the proud helpers * do stoop * under him.
14. How much less shall I answer * him, and choose out * my words to reason with him?
15. Whom, though I were righteous * , yet would I not answer * , but I would make supplication * to my judge * .
16. If I had called * , and he had answered * me; yet would I not believe * that he had hearkened * unto my voice.
17. For he breaketh * me with a tempest,and multiplieth * my wounds without cause.
18. He will not suffer * me to take * my breath, but filleth * me with bitterness.
19. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong:and if of judgment, who shall set * me a time to plead?
20. If I justify * myself, mine own mouth shall condemn * me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse * .
21. Though I were perfect, yet would I not know * my soul: I would despise * my life.
22. This is one thing, therefore I said * it, He destroyeth * the perfect and the wicked.
23. If the scourge slay * suddenly,he will laugh * at the trial of the innocent.
24. The earth is given * into the hand of the wicked: he covereth * the faces of the judges * thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25. Now my days are swifter * than a post * : they flee away * , they see * no good.
26. They are passed away * as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth * to the prey.
27. If I say * , I will forget * my complaint, I will leave off * my heaviness, and comfort * myself:
28. I am afraid * of all my sorrows, I know * that thou wilt not hold me innocent * .
29. If I be wicked * , why then labour * I in vain?
30. If I wash * myself with snow water, and make my hands never * so clean * ;
31. Yet shalt thou plunge * me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor * me.
32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer * him, and we should come * together in judgment.
33. Neither is there any daysman * betwixt us, that might lay * his hand upon us both.
34. Let him take * his rod away * from me, and let not his fear terrify * me:
35. Then would I speak * , and not fear * him; but it is not so with me.
