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Job 9
Job 9
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
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Then Job answered:
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Yes, I know what you've said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?
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If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand [times].
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God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?
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He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in His anger.
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He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble.
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He commands the sun not to shine and seals off the stars.
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He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
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He makes [the stars]: the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.
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He performs great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
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If He passes by me, I wouldn't see Him; [if] He goes right by, I wouldn't recognize Him.
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If He snatches [something], who can stop Him? Who can ask Him, "What are You doing?"
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God does not hold back His anger; Rahab's assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!
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How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
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Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my judge for mercy.
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If I summoned [Him] and He answered me, I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.
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He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause.
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He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences.
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If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
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Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
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Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life.
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It is all the same. Therefore I say, "He destroys both the blameless and the wicked."
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When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
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The earth is handed over to the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it isn't He, then who is it?
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My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.
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They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on [its] prey.
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If I said, "I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,"
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I would still live in terror of all my pains. I know You will not acquit me.
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Since I will be found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
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If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
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then You dip me in a pit [of mud], and my own clothes despise me!
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For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
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There is no one to judge between us, to lay his hand on both of us.
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Let Him take His rod away from me so His terror will no longer frighten me.
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Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own.
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