Job 9

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Job 9

Job Says There Is No Arbitrator between God and Man

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“In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a ^(A)man be in the right ^(b)before God?

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“If one wished to ^(B)dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

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“^(C)Wise in heart and ^(D)mighty in strength,
Who has ^(c)^(E)defied Him ^(d)without harm?

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“^(F)It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how,
When He overturns them in His anger;

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Who ^(G)shakes the earth out of its place,
And its ^(H)pillars tremble;

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Who commands the ^(I)sun ^(e)not to shine,
And sets a seal upon the stars;

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Who alone ^(J)stretches out the heavens
And ^(f)^(K)tramples down the waves of the sea;

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Who makes the ^(L)Bear, Orion and the Pleiades,
And the ^(M)chambers of the south;

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Who ^(N)does great things, ^(g)unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.

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“Were He to pass by me, ^(O)I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

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“Were He to snatch away, who could ^(P)restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘^(Q)What are You doing?’

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“God will not turn back His anger;
Beneath Him crouch the helpers of ^(R)Rahab.

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“How then can ^(S)I ^(h)answer Him,
And choose my words ⁽ⁱ⁾before Him?

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“For ^(T)though I were right, I could not ^(j)answer;
I would have to ^(U)implore the mercy of my judge.

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“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

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“For He ^(V)bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.

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“He will ^(W)not allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with ^(X)bitterness.

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“If it is a matter of power, ^(Y)behold, He is the strong one!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon ^(k)Him?

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“^(Z)Though I am righteous, my mouth will ^(AA)condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

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“I am ^(AB)guiltless;
I do not take notice of myself;
I ^(AC)despise my life.

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“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He ^(AD)destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’

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“If the scourge kills suddenly,
He ^(AE)mocks the despair of the innocent.

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“The earth ^(AF)is given into the hand of the wicked;
He ^(AG)covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

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“Now ^(AH)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, ^(AI)they see no good.

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“They slip by like ^(AJ)reed boats,
Like an ^(AK)eagle that swoops on ^(l)its prey.

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“Though I say, ‘I will forget ^(AL)my complaint,
I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’

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I am ^(AM)afraid of all my pains,
I know that ^(AN)You will not acquit me.

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“I am accounted ^(AO)wicked,
Why then should I toil in vain?

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“If I should ^(AP)wash myself with snow
And cleanse ^(AQ)my hands with lye,

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Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.

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“For ^(AR)He is not a man as I am that ^(AS)I may answer Him,
That we may go to ^(m)court together.

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“There is no ^(AT)umpire between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.

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“Let Him ^(AU)remove His rod from me,
And let not dread of Him terrify me.

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“Then I ^(AV)would speak and not fear Him;
But I am not like that in myself.

Footnotes:

a. Job 9:1: ['Lit ', answered and said]

b. Job 9:2: ['Lit ', with]

c. Job 9:4: ['Lit ', stiffened his neck against]

d. Job 9:4: ['Lit ', and remained safe]

e. Job 9:7: ['Lit ', and it does not shine]

f. Job 9:8: ['Lit ', treads upon the heights of]

g. Job 9:10: ['Lit ', until there is no searching out]

h. Job 9:14: ['Or ', plead my case]

i. Job 9:14: ['Lit ', with]

j. Job 9:15: ['Or ', plead my case]

k. Job 9:19: ['So with Gr; Heb ', me]

l. Job 9:26: ['Lit ', food]

m. Job 9:32: ['Lit ', judgment]

Cross references:

A. Job 9:2: Job 4:17; Job 25:4

B. Job 9:3: Job 10:2; Job 13:19; Job 23:6; Job 40:2

C. Job 9:4: Job 11:6; Job 12:13; Job 28:23; Job 38:36; Job 38:37

D. Job 9:4: Job 9:19; Job 23:6

E. Job 9:4: Proverbs 29:1

F. Job 9:5: Job 9:5-10; Job 26:6-14; Job 41:11

G. Job 9:6: Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 2:21; Isaiah 13:13; Haggai 2:6

H. Job 9:6: Psalm 75:3

I. Job 9:7: Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7; Ezekiel 32:8

J. Job 9:8: Genesis 1:1; Job 37:18; Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 40:22

K. Job 9:8: Job 38:16; Psalm 77:19

L. Job 9:9: Job 38:31; Job 38:32; Amos 5:8

M. Job 9:9: Job 37:9

N. Job 9:10: Job 5:9

O. Job 9:11: Job 23:8; Job 23:9; Job 35:14

P. Job 9:12: Job 10:7; Job 11:10

Q. Job 9:12: Isaiah 45:9

R. Job 9:13: Job 26:12; Psalm 89:10; Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 51:9

S. Job 9:14: Job 9:3; Job 9:32

T. Job 9:15: Job 9:20; Job 9:21; Job 10:15

U. Job 9:15: Job 8:5

V. Job 9:17: Job 16:12; Job 16:14; Job 30:22

W. Job 9:18: Job 7:19; Job 10:20

X. Job 9:18: Job 13:26; Job 27:2

Y. Job 9:19: Job 9:4

Z. Job 9:20: Job 9:15

AA. Job 9:20: Job 9:29; Job 15:6

AB. Job 9:21: Job 1:1; Job 12:4; Job 13:18

AC. Job 9:21: Job 7:16

AD. Job 9:22: Job 10:7; Job 10:8

AE. Job 9:23: Job 24:12

AF. Job 9:24: Job 10:3; Job 12:6; Job 16:11

AG. Job 9:24: Job 12:17

AH. Job 9:25: Job 7:6

AI. Job 9:25: Job 7:7

AJ. Job 9:26: Isaiah 18:2

AK. Job 9:26: Job 39:29; Habakkuk 1:8

AL. Job 9:27: Job 7:11

AM. Job 9:28: Job 3:25

AN. Job 9:28: Job 7:21; Job 10:14

AO. Job 9:29: Job 10:2; Psalm 37:33

AP. Job 9:30: Jeremiah 2:22

AQ. Job 9:30: Job 31:7

AS. Job 9:32: Job 9:3; Romans 9:20

AT. Job 9:33: 1 Samuel 2:25; Job 9:19; Isaiah 1:18

AU. Job 9:34: Job 13:21

AV. Job 9:35: Job 13:22