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9:1  Job said:
9:2  What you say is true. No human is innocent in the sight of God.
9:3  Not once in a thousand times could we win our case if we took him to court.
9:4  God is wise and powerful— who could possibly oppose him and win?
9:5  When God becomes angry, he can move mountains before they even know it.
9:6  God can shake the earth loose from its foundations
9:7  or command the sun and stars to hold back their light.
9:8  God alone stretched out the sky, stepped on the sea,
9:9  and set the stars in place— the Big Dipper and Orion, the Pleiades and the stars in the southern sky.
9:10  Of all the miracles God works, we cannot understand a one.
9:11  God walks right past me, without making a sound.
9:12  And if he grabs something, who can stop him or raise a question?
9:13  When God showed his anger, the servants of the sea monster fell at his feet.
9:14  How, then, could I possibly argue my case with God?
9:15  Even though I am innocent, I can only beg for mercy.
9:16  And if God came into court when I called him, he would not hear my case.
9:17  He would strike me with a storm and increase my injuries for no reason at all.
9:18  Before I could get my breath, my miseries would multiply.
9:19  God is much stronger than I am, and who would call me into court to give me justice?
9:20  Even if I were innocent, God would prove me wrong.
9:21  I am not guilty, but I no longer care what happens to me.
9:22  What difference does it make? God destroys the innocent along with the guilty.
9:23  When a good person dies a sudden death, God sits back and laughs.
9:24  And who else but God blindfolds the judges, then lets the wicked take over the earth?
9:25  My life is speeding by, without a hope of happiness.
9:26  Each day passes swifter than a sailing ship or an eagle swooping down.
9:27  Sometimes I try to be cheerful and to stop complaining,
9:28  but my sufferings frighten me, because I know that God still considers me guilty.
9:29  So what's the use of trying to prove my innocence?
9:30  Even if I washed myself with the strongest soap,
9:31  God would throw me into a pit of stinking slime, leaving me disgusting to my clothes.
9:32  God isn't a mere human like me. I can't put him on trial.
9:33  Who could possibly judge between the two of us?
9:34  Can someone snatch away the stick God carries to frighten me?
9:35  Then I could speak up without fear of him, but for now, I cannot speak.