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9:1  Then Iyov answered and said,
9:2  I know it is indeed thus, but how should yitzdak Enosh im El (Man be in the right, justified, before G-d)?
9:3  If he will contend with Him, once of a thousand can Man not answer G-d back.
9:4  G-d is chochom in lev, and mighty in ko’ach; who hath hardened himself to defy Him and remained unhurt?
9:5  Which removeth the harim (mountains), and they know not; which overturneth them in His anger;
9:6  Which shaketh eretz out of its place, and the ammudim thereof tremble;
9:7  Which commandeth the cheres (sun), and it riseth not; and sealeth up the kokhavim;
9:8  Which spreadeth out Shomayim by Himself alone, and treadeth upon the waves of the yam;
9:9  Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the constellations on the south side of the heavens;
9:10  Which doeth gedolot past finding out; yea, and nifla’ot (wonders) without number.
9:11  Hen (lo), He passeth by me, and I see Him not; He goeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
9:12  Hinei, He taketh away, who can stop Him? Who will say unto Him, Mah ta’aseh (what are You doing)?
9:13  If Eloah restraineth not His anger, the helpers of Rahab must bow themselves under Him.
9:14  How much less shall I dispute with Him, and choose my dvarim with Him?
9:15  Whom, though I were tzaddik (righteous, innocent, in the right), yet would I not answer, but I would make techinnah (supplication, plea for mercy) for my mishpat (right).
9:16  If I had summoned, and He had responded to me, yet would I not believe that He had paid heed unto my kol (voice);
9:17  For He breaketh me in a sa’arah (tempest, storm), and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
9:18  He will not allow me to take my ruach (breath), but filleth me with bitterness.
9:19  If I speak of ko’ach, hinei, He is mighty, and if of mishpat, who can give Him a court summons?
9:20  If etzdak (I am justified, in the right), mine own mouth would condemn me; if I say, I am blameless, He would prove me perverse.
9:21  Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my nefesh; I would despise my life.
9:22  This is one thing; therefore I said it, He destroyeth the tam (blameless) and the rasha (wicked).
9:23  If the shot (scourge) slay suddenly, He laugheth at the melting away [in anguish] of the nekiyim (innocent ones, the guiltless ones).
9:24  Eretz is given into the yad of the resha; He blindfoldeth the faces of the shofetim (judges) thereof; if not, then, who doeth it?
9:25  Now my yamim are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no tovah.
9:26  They slip by like oniyyot (boats) of reed; as the nesher that swoopeth down on the prey.
9:27  If I say, I will forget my si’akh (complaint), I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself,
9:28  I am afraid of all my sorrows; I have da’as that Thou wilt not hold me innocent.
9:29  If I be wicked, why then labor I in hevel (vain)?
9:30  If I wash myself with sheleg (snow), and make my hands clean with lye,
9:31  Yet shalt Thou plunge me in the shachat (slime pit), and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
9:32  For He is not an ish, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in mishpat (in the court).
9:33  Neither is there any mochiach (arbitrator) between us, that might lay his yad upon us both.
9:34  Let Him take His shevet (rod) away from me, and let not His fear terrify me.
9:35  Then would I speak, and not fear Him; but it is not ken (so) with me.