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9:1  And Job answered and said,
9:2  Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with �God?
9:3  If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
9:4  He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
9:5  Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
9:6  Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
9:7  Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
9:8  Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
9:9  Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
9:10  Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
9:11  Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
9:12  Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
9:13  +God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
9:14  How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words to strive with him?
9:15  Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
9:16  If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --
9:17  He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
9:18  He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
9:19  Be it a question of strength, lo, he is strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
9:20  If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
9:21  Were I perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
9:22  It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
9:23  If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
9:24  The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked man; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?
9:25  And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
9:26  They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
9:27  If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance, and brighten up,
9:28  I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
9:29  Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
9:30  If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
9:31  Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
9:32  For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
9:33  There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
9:34  Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
9:35  Then I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.