Job 9:15-24 - Though I Am Innocent

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For though I were righteous, I could not answer.
I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent and 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 bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.
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“He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills and saturates me with bitterness.
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“If it is a matter of strength and power, behold, He is mighty!
And if of justice, who can summon and challenge Him?
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“Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty;
Though I am blameless, He would denounce me as guilty.

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“[Though] I am blameless,
I do not care about myself;
I despise my life.
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“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
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“When [His] scourge kills suddenly,
He mocks at the despair of the innocent.
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“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice].
If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?