Job 9
1 And he answered Job and he said.
And Job, responding, said:
2 Truly I know that thus and what? will he be justified a person with God.
Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
3 If someone desires to conduct a case with him not he will answer him one [time] from a thousand.
If he chooses to contend with him, he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.
4 Wise of heart and strong of power who? has he shown stubbornness to him and he has remained unharmed.
He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?
5 The [one who] removes mountains and not they know [the one] who he overturns them in anger his.
He has moved mountains, and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.
6 The [one who] shakes [the] earth from place its and pillars its they tremble!
He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
7 The [one who] speaks to the sun and not it shines and behind [the] stars he puts a seal.
He commands the sun and it does not rise, and he closes the stars as if under a seal.
8 [one who] stretches out [the] heavens To only him and [one who] treads on [the] high places of [the] sea.
He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
9 [one who] makes [the] Bear Orion and Pleiades and [the] chambers of [the] south.
He fashions Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the interior of the south.
10 [one who] does Great [things] until there not [is] inquiry and wonders until there not [is] number.
He accomplishes great and incomprehensible and miraculous things, which cannot be numbered.
11 There! he will pass by at me and not I will see [him] and he may pass on and not I will perceive him.
If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
12 There! he will snatch away who? will he turn back him who? will he say to him what? are you doing.
If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”
13 God not he will turn back anger his (under him *Q(k)*) they lay prostrate [the] helpers of Rahab.
God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
14 Indeed? for I I will answer him I will choose words my with him.
what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
15 [I] who Though I am righteous not I will answer to judge my I will seek favor.
And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.
16 If I called and he answered me not I believe that he gave ear to voice my.
And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
17 [he] who With a storm he crushes me and he increases wounds my without cause.
For he will crush me in a whirlwind and multiply my wounds, even without cause.
18 Not he permits me to bring back breath my for he surfeits me bitter things.
He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
19 If to power a strong [one] there! and if to justice who? will he summon me.
If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me.
20 Though I am righteous own mouth my it will condemn as guilty me [am] blameless I and it declared guilty me.
If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.
21 [am] blameless I not I know self my I reject life my.
And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.
22 [is] one It there-fore I say [the] blameless and [the] wicked he [is] bringing to an end.
There is one thing that I have said: both the innocent and the impious he consumes.
23 If a scourge it kills suddenly [the] despair of innocent [ones] he mocks.
If he scourges, let him kill all at once, and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
24 A land - it has been given in [the] hand of a wicked [person] [the] face of judges its he covers if not then who? [is] it.
Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?
25 And days my they have been swift more than a runner they have fled not they have seen good.
My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.
26 They have passed on with ships of reed like an eagle [which] it rushes on food.
They have passed by like ships carrying fruits, just like an eagle flying to food.
27 If to say I I will forget complaint my I will let loose face my and I will be cheerful.
If I say: “By no means will I speak this way.” I change my face and I am tortured with sorrow.
28 I dread all pains my I know that not you will acquit me.
I have dreaded all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
29 I I will be guilty why? this vanity will I labor.
Yet, if I am also just as impious, why have I labored in vain?
30 If I washed myself (in water of *Q(K)*) snow and I cleansed with potash hands my.
If I had been washed with snow-like waters, and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,
31 Then in pit you will dip me and they will abhor me own clothes my.
yet you would plunge me in filth, and my own garments would abhor me.
32 For not [he is] a human like me I will answer him we will come together in judgment.
For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.
33 Not there between us [is] an arbiter he may put hand his on [the] two of us.
There is no one who could both prevail in argument and in placing his hand between the two.
34 Let him remove from on me rod his and dread his may not it terrify me.
Let him take his staff away from me, and let not the fear of him terrify me.
35 I will speak and not I will fear him for not [am] thus I with myself.
I will speak and I will not fear him, for in fearfulness I am not able to respond.
