Job 9:14-31
Job 9:14-31 CSB
How then can I answer him or choose my arguments against him? Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy. If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said. He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause. He doesn’t let me catch my breath but fills me with bitter experiences. If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him? Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty. Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life. It is all the same. Therefore I say, “He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.” When catastrophe brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent. The earth is handed over to the wicked; he blindfolds its judges. If it isn’t he, then who is it? My days fly by faster than a runner; , they flee without seeing any good. They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. If I said, “I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,” I would still live in terror of all my pains. I know you will not acquit me. Since I will be found guilty, why should I struggle in vain? If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, then you dip me in a pit of mud, and my own clothes despise me!
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