Job 9:15-26
English Standard Version
15 (A)Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
I must (B)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 (C)without cause;
18 he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a contest of (D)strength, behold, he is mighty!
If it is a matter of justice, who can (E)summon him?[b]
20 Though I am in the right, (F)my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
21 I am (G)blameless; I regard not myself;
I (H)loathe my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (I)destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When (J)disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity[c] of the innocent.
24 (K)The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he (L)covers the faces of its judges—
(M)if it is not he, who then is it?
25 “My (N)days are swifter than (O)a runner;
they flee away; they see no good.
26 They go by like (P)skiffs of reed,
like (Q)an eagle swooping on the prey.
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