Job 9:15-24 - Though I Am Innocent

¹⁵ Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy. ¹⁶ "Were I to be summoned, and he were to answer me, I wouldn't even believe that he was listening to what I have to say. ¹⁷ For he crushes me with a storm, and keeps on wounding me for no reason. ¹⁸ He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness. ¹⁹ "Is this a contest of strength? He is obviously stronger! Is this a matter of justice? Who can sue him? ²⁰ Though I'm in the right, my own mouth will condemn me; though I'm blameless, he'll pronounce me as guilty.

²¹ "I'm blameless; I don't know myself; I despise my life. ²² I say it's all the same he destroys both the blameless and the guilty. ²³ If a calamity causes sudden death, he'll mock at the despair of the innocent. ²⁴ A land is given into the hands of a wicked person; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not God, then who is it?"