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21 I am blameless.
    I don’t respect myself.
    I despise my life.

22 “It is all the same.
    Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
23 If the scourge kills suddenly,
    he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
    He covers the faces of its judges.
    If not he, then who is it?

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21 Though I am blameless,
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.(A)
22 It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”(B)
23 When disaster brings sudden death,
He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth[a] is handed over to the wicked;
He blindfolds[b] its judges.(C)
If it isn’t He, then who is it?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:24 Or land
  2. Job 9:24 Lit covers the faces of