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9:1  Yes, I've heard all that before. But how can a human being win a case against God?
9:2  Yes, I've heard all that before. But how can a human being win a case against God?
9:3  How can anyone argue with him? He can ask a thousand questions that no one could ever answer.
9:4  God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him.
9:5  Without warning he moves mountains and in anger he destroys them.
9:6  God sends earthquakes and shakes the ground; he rocks the pillars that support the earth.
9:7  He can keep the sun from rising, and the stars from shining at night.
9:8  No one helped God spread out the heavens or trample the sea monster's back.
9:9  God hung the stars in the sky—the Dipper, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars of the south.
9:10  We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.
9:11  God passes by, but I cannot see him.
9:12  He takes what he wants, and no one can stop him; no one dares ask him, “What are you doing?”
9:13  God's anger is constant. He crushed his enemies who helped Rahab, the sea monster, oppose him.
9:14  So how can I find words to answer God?
9:15  Though I am innocent, all I can do is beg for mercy from God my judge.
9:16  Yet even then, if he lets me speak, I can't believe he would listen to me.
9:17  He sends storms to batter and bruise me without any reason at all.
9:18  He won't let me catch my breath; he has filled my life with bitterness.
9:19  Should I try force? Try force on God? Should I take him to court? Could anyone make him go?
9:20  I am innocent and faithful, but my words sound guilty, and everything I say seems to condemn me.
9:21  I am innocent, but I no longer care. I am sick of living. Nothing matters; innocent or guilty, God will destroy us.
9:22  I am innocent, but I no longer care. I am sick of living. Nothing matters; innocent or guilty, God will destroy us.
9:23  When an innocent person suddenly dies, God laughs.
9:24  God gave the world to the wicked. He made all the judges blind. And if God didn't do it, who did?
9:25  My days race by, not one of them good.
9:26  My life passes like the swiftest boat, as fast as an eagle swooping down on a rabbit.
9:27  If I smile and try to forget my pain, all my suffering comes back to haunt me; I know that God does hold me guilty.
9:28  If I smile and try to forget my pain, all my suffering comes back to haunt me; I know that God does hold me guilty.
9:29  Since I am held guilty, why should I bother?
9:30  No soap can wash away my sins.
9:31  God throws me into a pit with filth, and even my clothes are ashamed of me.
9:32  If God were human, I could answer him; we could go to court to decide our quarrel.
9:33  But there is no one to step between us— no one to judge both God and me.
9:34  Stop punishing me, God! Keep your terrors away!
9:35  I am not afraid. I am going to talk because I know my own heart.