Job 9:1-35 GNT

[1] 1-2 Yes, I've heard all that before. But how can a human being win a case against God? [3] How can anyone argue with him? He can ask a thousand questions that no one could ever answer. [4] God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him. [5] Without warning he moves mountains and in anger he destroys them. [6] God sends earthquakes and shakes the ground; he rocks the pillars that support the earth. [7] He can keep the sun from rising, and the stars from shining at night. [8] No one helped God spread out the heavens or trample the sea monster's back. [9] God hung the stars in the sky-the Dipper, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars of the south. [10] We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end. [11] God passes by, but I cannot see him. [12] He takes what he wants, and no one can stop him; no one dares ask him, "What are you doing?" [13] God's anger is constant. He crushed his enemies who helped Rahab, the sea monster, oppose him. [14] So how can I find words to answer God? [15] Though I am innocent, all I can do is beg for mercy from God my judge. [16] Yet even then, if he lets me speak, I can't believe he would listen to me. [17] He sends storms to batter and bruise me without any reason at all. [18] He won't let me catch my breath; he has filled my life with bitterness. [19] Should I try force? Try force on God? Should I take him to court? Could anyone make him go? [20] I am innocent and faithful, but my words sound guilty, and everything I say seems to condemn me. [21] I am innocent, but I no longer care. I am sick of living. Nothing matters; innocent or guilty, God will destroy us. [23] When an innocent person suddenly dies, God laughs. [24] God gave the world to the wicked. He made all the judges blind. And if God didn't do it, who did? [25] My days race by, not one of them good. [26] My life passes like the swiftest boat, as fast as an eagle swooping down on a rabbit. [27] If I smile and try to forget my pain, all my suffering comes back to haunt me; I know that God does hold me guilty. [29] Since I am held guilty, why should I bother? [30] No soap can wash away my sins. [31] God throws me into a pit with filth, and even my clothes are ashamed of me. [32] If God were human, I could answer him; we could go to court to decide our quarrel. [33] But there is no one to step between us- no one to judge both God and me. [34] Stop punishing me, God! Keep your terrors away! [35] I am not afraid. I am going to talk because I know my own heart.