Job 9
9
Job Answers Bildad
1Then Job answered:
2“Yes, I know that this is true,
but how can anyone be right in the presence of God?
3Someone might want to argue with God,
but no one could answer God,
not one time out of a thousand.
4God’s wisdom is deep, and his power is great;
no one can fight him without getting hurt.
5God moves mountains without anyone knowing it
and turns them over when he is angry.
6He shakes the earth out of its place
and makes its foundations tremble.
7He commands the sun not to shine
and shuts off the light of the stars.
8He alone stretches out the skies
and walks on the waves of the sea.
9It is God who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades
and the groups of stars in the southern sky.
10He does wonders that cannot be understood;
he does so many miracles they cannot be counted.
11When he passes me, I cannot see him;
when he goes by me, I do not recognize him.
12If he snatches something away, no one can stop him
or say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13God will not hold back his anger.
Even the helpers of the monster Rahab lie at his feet in fear.
14So how can I argue with God,
or even find words to argue with him?
15Even if I were right, I could not answer him;
I could only beg God, my Judge, for mercy.
16If I called to him and he answered,
I still don’t believe he would listen to me.
17He would crush me with a storm
and multiply my wounds for no reason.
18He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.
19When it comes to strength, God is stronger than I;
when it comes to justice, no one can accuse him.
20Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong;
if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.
21“I am innocent,
but I don’t care about myself.
I hate my own life.
22It is all the same. That is why I say,
‘God destroys both the innocent and the guilty.’
23If the whip brings sudden death,
God will laugh at the suffering of the innocent.
24When the land falls into the hands of evil people,
he covers the judges’ faces so they can’t see it.
If it is not God who does this, then who is it?
25“My days go by faster than a runner;
they fly away without my seeing any joy.
26They glide past like paper boats.
They attack like eagles swooping down to feed.
27Even though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint;
I will change the look on my face and smile,’
28I still dread all my suffering.
I know you will hold me guilty.
29I have already been found guilty,
so why should I struggle for no reason?
30I might wash myself with soap
and scrub my hands with strong soap,
31but you would push me into a dirty pit,
and even my clothes would hate me.
32“God is not human like me, so I cannot answer him.
We cannot meet each other in court.
33I wish there were someone to make peace between us,
someone to decide our case.
34Maybe he could remove God’s punishment
so his terror would no longer frighten me.
35Then I could speak without being afraid,
but I am not able to do that.
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Iyov 9
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1Then Iyov answered and said,
2I know it is indeed thus, but how should yitzdak Enosh im El (Man be in the right, justified, before G-d)?
3If he will contend with Him, once of a thousand can Man not answer G-d back.
4G-d is chochom in lev, and mighty in ko'ach; who hath hardened himself to defy Him and remained unhurt?
5Which removeth the harim (mountains), and they know not; which overturneth them in His anger;
6Which shaketh eretz out of its place, and the ammudim thereof tremble;
7Which commandeth the cheres (sun), and it riseth not; and sealeth up the kokhavim;
8Which spreadeth out Shomayim by Himself alone, and treadeth upon the waves of the yam;
9Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the constellations on the south side of the heavens;
10Which doeth gedolot past finding out; yea, and nifla'ot (wonders) without number.
11Hen (lo), He passeth by me, and I see Him not; He goeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
12Hinei, He taketh away, who can stop Him? Who will say unto Him, Mah ta'aseh (what are You doing)?
13If Eloah restraineth not His anger, the helpers of Rahab must bow themselves under Him.
14How much less shall I dispute with Him, and choose my devarim with Him?
15Whom, 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).
16If I had summoned, and He had responded to me, yet would I not believe that He had paid heed unto my kol (voice);
17For He breaketh me in a sa'arah (tempest, storm), and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18He will not allow me to take my ruach (breath), but filleth me with bitterness.
19If I speak of ko'ach, hinei, He is mighty, and if of mishpat, who can give Him a court summons?
20If etzdak (I am justified, in the right), mine own mouth would condemn me; if I say, I am blameless, He would prove me perverse.
21Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my nefesh; I would despise my life.
22This is one thing; therefore I said it, He destroyeth the tam (blameless) and the rasha (wicked).
23If the shot (scourge) slay suddenly, He laugheth at the melting away [in anguish] of the nekiyim (innocent ones, the guiltless ones).
24Eretz is given into the yad of the resha; He blindfoldeth the faces of the shofetim (judges) thereof; if not, then, who doeth it?
25Now my yamim are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no tovah.
26They slip by like oniyyot (boats) of reed; as the nesher that swoopeth down on the prey.
27If I say, I will forget my si'akh (complaint), I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself,
28I am afraid of all my sorrows; I have da'as that Thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29If I be wicked, why then labor I in hevel (vain)?
30If I wash myself with sheleg (snow), and make my hands clean with lye,
31Yet shalt Thou plunge me in the shachat (slime pit), and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32For He is not an ish, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in mishpat (in the court).
33Neither is there any mochiach (arbitrator) between us, that might lay his yad upon us both.
34Let Him take His shevet (rod) away from me, and let not His fear terrify me.
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; but it is not ken (so) with me.
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