Job 9

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1 And Job answered and said:
2 true! I know that it is so; But how can a man justify himself before God?
3 If he wants to enter into a debate with Him, he will not answer Him in any of the thousands.
4 Wise in heart and mighty in power; Who rebelled against Him and remained in peace?
5 He moves the mountains, and they do not recognize them: He turns them in His wrath;
6th She moves the earth from her place, and her pillars tremble;
7th Say to the sun, and it will not rise, and imposes a seal on the stars.
8 He alone spreads the heavens and walks the high places of the sea;
9 Created the As, Qesil and Hima (1) and the caches of the south;
10 Makes a great, unsearchable and wonderful without a number!
eleven Behold, he will pass by me, and will not see him; Will sweep and I will not notice Him.
12 He will take, and who will repay him? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?
13 God will not turn away His anger; Priests of pride will fall before Him.

14 How much more can I answer Him and seek my own words before Him?
15 At least I was right, but I will not answer, but I will plead with my Judge.
16 If I cried, and He answered me - I would not believe that My voice was heard by Him,
17th Whoever in a whirlwind breaks me and multiplies innocently my wounds,
18 Does not allow me to translate the spirit, but it sates me with sorrows.
19 If [to act] by power, He is powerful; If by judgment, who will bring me down with Him?
20 If I justify myself, then my lips will accuse me; [If] I am innocent, then He will plead guilty to me.
21 I'm innocent; I do not want to know my soul, I despise my life.

22 All one; Therefore I said that He is ruining both the innocent and the guilty.
23 If this strikes him with a scourge suddenly, then the torture of the innocent laughs.
24 The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; The faces of his judges He closes. If not He, then who?

25 My days are faster than the messenger, they run away, they do not see the good,
26th They rush like light rooks, like an eagle tending for prey.
27th If you say to me: I will forget my complaints, I will put off my gloomy look and be cheerful;
28 Then I tremble all my sufferings, knowing that you will not declare me innocent.
29 If I am guilty, why am I in vain?
thirty At least I washed myself with snow water and completely cleared my hands,
31 Then you will also plunge me into the mud, and my clothes will turn me away.
32 For He is not a man, like me, so that I can answer Him and go with Him to the judgment!
33 There is no mediator between us who would put his hand on both of us.
34 Let him remove me from his rod, and let not his fear be terrified me.
35 And then I will speak and I will not fear Him, for I am not that in myself.

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