Job 9:25-31
The Message
25-31 “My time is short—what’s left of my life races off
too fast for me to even glimpse the good.
My life is going fast, like a ship under full sail,
like an eagle plummeting to its prey.
Even if I say, ‘I’ll put all this behind me,
I’ll look on the bright side and force a smile,’
All these troubles would still be like grit in my gut
since it’s clear you’re not going to let up.
The verdict has already been handed down—‘Guilty!’—
so what’s the use of protests or appeals?
Even if I scrub myself all over
and wash myself with the strongest soap I can find,
It wouldn’t last—you’d push me into a pigpen, or worse,
so nobody could stand me for the stink.
Job 9:25-31
New International Version
25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(A)
they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(B)
26 They skim past(C) like boats of papyrus,(D)
like eagles swooping down on their prey.(E)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(F)
I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(G) all my sufferings,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.(H)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?(I)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(J)
and my hands(K) with cleansing powder,(L)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(M)
so that even my clothes would detest me.(N)
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