Job 9:14-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ “So how can I disagree with God?
    How can I possibly argue with him?
¹⁵ Even if I hadn’t done anything wrong,
    I couldn’t answer him.
    I could only beg my Judge to have mercy on me.
¹⁶ Suppose I called out to him and he answered.
    I don’t believe he’d listen to me.
¹⁷ He would send a storm to crush me.
    He’d increase my wounds without any reason.
¹⁸ He wouldn’t let me catch my breath.
    He’d make my life very bitter.
¹⁹ If it’s a matter of strength, he is mighty!
    And if it’s a matter of being fair,
    who would dare to bring charges against him?
²⁰ Even if I hadn’t sinned, what I said would prove me guilty.
    Even if I were honest, my words would show that I’m wrong.