18 He would not let me catch my breath
    but would overwhelm me with misery.(A)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(B)
    And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[a]?(C)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.

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.

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