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.

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19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(A)
    And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[a]?(B)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(C)

21 “Although I am blameless,(D)
    I have no concern for myself;(E)
    I despise my own life.(F)

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Footnotes

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