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9:1  Then Job answered and said:
9:2  “Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?
9:3  If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
9:4  God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
9:5  He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;
9:6  He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
9:7  He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;
9:8  He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;
9:9  He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
9:10  He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.
9:11  If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
9:12  If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
9:13  God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
9:14  “How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?
9:15  For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.
9:16  If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
9:17  For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.
9:18  He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
9:19  If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
9:20  Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
9:21  “I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.
9:22  It is all one thing; Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
9:23  If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
9:24  The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, who else could it be?
9:25  “Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
9:26  They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
9:27  If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’
9:28  I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.
9:29  If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?
9:30  If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,
9:31  Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.
9:32  “For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.
9:33  Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.
9:34  Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
9:35  Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.