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9:1  Then Job answered,
9:2  “Yes, I know this is true. But how can a man be right and good before God?
9:3  If one wished to argue with Him, he would not be able to answer one out of a thousand of His questions.
9:4  He is wise in heart and powerful in strength. Who has ever stood against Him without being hurt?
9:5  It is He Who takes away the mountains without their knowing it, when He destroys them in His anger.
9:6  He shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars shake.
9:7  He tells the sun not to shine, and He keeps the stars from shining.
9:8  He alone spreads out the heavens and walks upon the waves of the sea.
9:9  He makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades and the stars of the south.
9:10  He does things too great for us to understand, and more wonderful works than we can number.
9:11  When He passes by me, I do not see Him. When He goes by me, I do not know Him.
9:12  If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
9:13  “God will not stop His anger. The helpers of Rahab bow under Him.
9:14  How then can I answer Him, and choose the right words to speak with Him?
9:15  Even if I am right, I cannot answer Him. I must beg Him who is against me to have pity.
9:16  If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
9:17  For He crushes me with a storm, and hurts me more and more without a reason.
9:18  He will not let me get my breath, but fills me with much that is bitter.
9:19  If it is a question of power, see, He is the strong one! If it is a question of what is right and fair, who can call Him to a trial?
9:20  Even if I were right, my mouth would say that I am guilty. Even if I were without blame, He would say I am guilty.
9:21  Even though I am without blame, I do not care about myself. I hate my life.
9:22  It is all the same, so I say, ‘He destroys both those who are without blame and the sinful.’
9:23  If death comes fast by disease, He makes fun of the trouble of those who have done no wrong.
9:24  The earth is given into the hand of the sinful. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
9:25  “My days go faster than a runner. They fly away, and see no good.
9:26  They go by like fast boats, like an eagle coming down to catch its food.
9:27  If I say, ‘I will forget my complaining. I will put off my sad face and be happy,’
9:28  I am still afraid of all my pains for I know You will not take away my guilt.
9:29  Because I am already guilty, why should I try for nothing?
9:30  If I wash myself with snow and clean my hands using the best soap,
9:31  You would still throw me down into a deep hole. And my own clothes would hate me.
9:32  For He is not a man, as I am, that I may answer Him, that we might go to trial together.
9:33  There is no one to decide between us, who might lay his hand upon us both.
9:34  Let Him stop punishing me. And do not let fear of Him make me so afraid.
9:35  Then I would speak and not be afraid of Him. But I am not like that in myself.