Job 9:11-24
English Standard Version
11 Behold, he passes by me, and I (A)see him not;
he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
12 Behold, he snatches away; (B)who can turn him back?
(C)Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 “God will not turn back his anger;
beneath him bowed the helpers of (D)Rahab.
14 (E)How then can I (F)answer him,
choosing my words with him?
15 (G)Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
I must (H)appeal for mercy to my accuser.[a]
16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
17 For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds (I)without cause;
18 he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a contest of (J)strength, behold, he is mighty!
If it is a matter of justice, who can (K)summon him?[b]
20 Though I am in the right, (L)my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
21 I am (M)blameless; I regard not myself;
I (N)loathe my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (O)destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When (P)disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity[c] of the innocent.
24 (Q)The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he (R)covers the faces of its judges—
(S)if it is not he, who then is it?
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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