Job 9:14-31
New International Version
14 “How then can I dispute with him?
How can I find words to argue with him?(A)
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;(B)
I could only plead(C) with my Judge(D) for mercy.(E)
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(F)
17 He would crush me(G) with a storm(H)
and multiply(I) my wounds for no reason.(J)
18 He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.(K)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(L)
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[a]?(M)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(N)
21 “Although I am blameless,(O)
I have no concern for myself;(P)
I despise my own life.(Q)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(R)
23 When a scourge(S) brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.(T)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(U)
he blindfolds its judges.(V)
If it is not he, then who is it?(W)
25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(X)
they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(Y)
26 They skim past(Z) like boats of papyrus,(AA)
like eagles swooping down on their prey.(AB)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(AC)
I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(AD) all my sufferings,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.(AE)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?(AF)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(AG)
and my hands(AH) with cleansing powder,(AI)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(AJ)
so that even my clothes would detest me.(AK)
Footnotes
- Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.
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