ASV_Strong : Job 9
1. Then Job[H347] answered[H6030] and said[H559],
2. Of a truth[H551] I know[H3045] that it is so[H582]: But how can man be just[H6663] with God[H410]?
3. If he be[H2654] pleased to contend[H7378] with him[H6030], He cannot answer him one[H259] of a thousand[H505].
4. He is wise[H2450] in heart[H3824], and mighty[H533] in strength[H3581]: Who hath hardened[H7185] himself against him[H7999], and prospered? --
5. Him that removeth[H6275] the mountains[H2022], and they know[H3045] it not[H2015], When he overturneth them in his anger[H639];
6. That shaketh[H7264] the earth[H776] out of its place[H4725], And the pillars[H5982] thereof tremble[H6426];
7. That commandeth[H559] the sun[H2775], and it riseth[H2224] not[H2856], And sealeth up the stars[H3556];
8. That alone stretcheth out[H5186] the heavens[H8064], And treadeth[H1869] upon the waves[H1116] of the sea[H3220];
9. That maketh[H6213] the Bear[H5906], Orion[H3685], and the Pleiades[H3598], And the chambers[H2315] of the south[H8486];
10. That doeth[H6213] great things[H1419] past[H369] finding out[H2714], Yea[H6381], marvellous things without number[H4557].
11. Lo[H5674], he goeth by me[H7200], and I see him not[H2498]: He passeth on also[H995], but I perceive him not.
12. Behold[H2862], he seizeth the prey[H7725], who can hinder him[H559]? Who will say unto him[H6213], What doest thou?
13. God[H433] will not withdraw[H7725] his anger[H639]; The helpers[H5826] of Rahab[H7293] do stoop under him[H7817].
14. How much less shall I answer[H6030] him[H977], And choose out my words to reason with him[H1697]?
15. Whom[H6663], though I were righteous, yet would I not answer[H6030]; I would make supplication[H2603] to my judge[H8199].
16. If I had called[H7121], and he had answered[H6030] me[H539], Yet would I not believe that he hearkened[H238] unto my voice[H6963].
17. For he breaketh[H7779] me with a tempest[H8183], And multiplieth[H7235] my wounds[H6482] without cause[H2600].
18. He will not suffer[H5414] me to take[H7725] my breath[H7307], But filleth[H7646] me with bitterness[H4472].
19. If we speak of strength[H3581], lo[H533], he is mighty! And if of justice[H4941], Who[H3259], saith he, will summon me?
20. Though I be righteous[H6663], mine own mouth[H6310] shall condemn[H7561] me[H8535]: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse[H6140].
21. I am perfect[H8535]; I regard[H3045] not myself[H5315]; I despise[H3988] my life[H5315].
22. It is all one[H259]; therefore I say[H559], He destroyeth[H3615] the perfect[H8535] and the wicked[H7563].
23. If the scourge[H7752] slay[H4191] suddenly[H6597], He will mock[H3932] at the trial[H4531] of the innocent[H5355].
24. The earth[H776] is given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the wicked[H7563]; He covereth[H3680] the faces[H6440] of the judges[H8199] thereof[H645]: If it be not he, who then is it?
25. Now my days[H3117] are swifter[H7043] than a post[H7323]: They flee away[H1272], they see[H7200] no good[H2896],
26. They are passed away[H2498] as[H5973] the swift[H16] ships[H591]; As the eagle[H5404] that swoopeth[H2907] on the prey[H400].
27. If I say[H559], I will forget[H7911] my complaint[H7879], I will put off[H5800] my sad countenance[H6440], and be of good cheer[H1082];
28. I am afraid[H3025] of all my sorrows[H6094], I know[H3045] that thou wilt not hold me innocent[H5352].
29. I shall be condemned[H7561]; Why then do I labor[H3021] in vain[H1892]?
30. If I wash[H7364] myself with[H7950] snow water[H4325], And make my hands[H3709] never[H1252] so clean[H2141];
31. Yet[H227] wilt thou plunge[H2881] me in the ditch[H7845], And mine own clothes[H8008] shall abhor me[H8581].
32. For he is not a man[H376], as I am[H6030], that I should answer him[H935], That we should come together[H3162] in judgment[H4941].
33. There is[H3426] no umpire[H3198] betwixt us[H7896], That might lay his hand[H3027] upon us both[H8147].
34. Let him take[H5493] his rod[H7626] away[H5493] from me[H367], And let not his terror make me afraid[H367]:
35. Then would I speak[H1696], and not fear him[H3372]; For I am not so in myself.
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