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“Truly I know it is so,
    but how can one be righteous before God?[a]
If anyone wished to contend with Him,
    he could not answer Him once in a thousand.
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has resisted Him and come out whole?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:2 cf. Rom. 3:20.

“Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
Though they wished to dispute with him,(B)
    they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(C)
His wisdom(D) is profound, his power is vast.(E)
    Who has resisted(F) him and come out unscathed?(G)

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