Job 9:12-26

New International Version

¹² If he snatches away, who can stop him?^(A)
    Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’^(B)
13 God does not restrain his anger;^(C)
    even the cohorts of Rahab^(D) cowered at his feet.

¹⁴ “How then can I dispute with him?
    How can I find words to argue with him?^(E)
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;^(F)
    I could only plead^(G) with my Judge^(H) for mercy.^(I)
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
    I do not believe he would give me a hearing.^(J)
17 He would crush me^(K) with a storm^(L)
    and multiply^(M) my wounds for no reason.^(N)
18 He would not let me catch my breath
    but would overwhelm me with misery.^(O)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!^(P)
    And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him^[a]?^(Q)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.^(R)

²¹ “Although I am blameless,^(S)
    I have no concern for myself;^(T)
    I despise my own life.^(U)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’^(V)
23 When a scourge^(W) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.^(X)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,^(Y)
    he blindfolds its judges.^(Z)
    If it is not he, then who is it?^(AA)

²⁵ “My days are swifter than a runner;^(AB)
    they fly away without a glimpse of joy.^(AC)
26 They skim past^(AD) like boats of papyrus,^(AE)
    like eagles swooping down on their prey.^(AF)