Job 9:1-13

International Standard Version

² “Indeed, I’m fully aware that this is so,
    but how can a person become right with God?
³ If one were to seek to argue with him,
    he won’t be able to answer him even once in a thousand times.
⁴ He is wise in heart and strong in will—
    who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

⁵ “He removes mountains without their knowledge,
    overthrowing them in his anger.
⁶ He shakes the earth from its orbit,^[a]
    so that its foundations shudder.
⁷ He commands the sun so that it doesn’t shine^[b]
    and seals up the stars.
⁸ He alone spreads out the heavens,
    he walks on the waves^[c] of the sea.
⁹ He created Bear, Orion, the Pleiades,
    and the southern constellations.
¹⁰ He does great things that cannot be explained,
    and awesome deeds that cannot be counted.

¹¹ “If he were to pass near me, I wouldn’t notice;
    if he moves by, I wouldn’t perceive him.
¹² Indeed, if he snatches someone^[d] away,
    who could restrain him?
        Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

¹³ “God doesn’t restrain his anger.
    Rahab’s assistants are humiliated under him.