Job 9:1-35 MEV

[1] Then Job answered: [2] "Truly, I know it is so, but how can a man be righteous with God? [3] If one would dispute with Him, he cannot answer Him once in a thousand times. [4] He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? [5] He who removes mountains, and they know not, who overturns them in His anger. [6] He who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble. [7] He who commands the sun, and it does not rise; he seals off the stars. [8] He who alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea. [9] He who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the constellations of the south. [10] He who does great things, beyond discovery, yes, and wonders beyond number. [11] Yes, He would cross before me, and I would not see Him; He would pass on by, but I would not perceive Him. [12] Yes, He takes away; who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, 'What are You doing?' [13] God will not withdraw His anger. The proud helpers bow down beneath Him. [14] "How, then, can I myself answer Him, and choose my words to reason with Him? [15] Even if I were righteous I could not answer; I would plead to my Judge for favor. [16] If I called, and He answered me, I would not believe that He had listened to my voice. [17] For He crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds without cause. [18] He will not allow me to get my breath, but fills me with bitterness. [19] If it is a matter of strength, indeed, He is strong; and if of justice, who will set me a time to plead? [20] Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse. [21] "Though I were perfect, I would not know myself; I would despise my life. [22] It is all one thing; therefore I said, 'He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.' [23] If the whip kills suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent. [24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it? [25] "Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good. [26] They pass by like reed skiffs, like an eagle rushing upon its prey. [27] If I say, 'I will forget my complaint; I will leave off my sad face and brighten up,' [28] I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that You will not hold me innocent. [29] If I am guilty, why then do I labor in vain? [30] If I wash myself with snow water and cleanse my hands with soap, [31] yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes will abhor me. [32] "For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment. [33] Nor is there a mediator between us, who may lay his hand upon us both. [34] Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not dread of Him terrify me. [35] Then I would speak and not fear Him, but it is not so with me.