Job:9:2-35
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I know it is so of a truth :
but how should man be just with God ?
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If he will contend with him ,
he cannot answer him one of a thousand .
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He is wise in heart ,
and mighty in strength :
who hath hardened himself against him ,
and hath prospered ?
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Which removeth the mountains ,
and they know not :
which overturneth them in his anger .
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Which shaketh the earth out of her place ,
and the pillars thereof tremble .
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Which commandeth the sun ,
and it riseth not ;
and sealeth up the stars .
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Which alone spreadeth out the heavens ,
and treadeth upon the waves of the sea .
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Which maketh Arcturus ,
Orion ,
and Pleiades ,
and the chambers of the south .
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Which doeth great things past finding out ;
yea ,
and wonders without number .
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Lo ,
he goeth by me ,
and I see him not :
he passeth on also ,
but I perceive him not .
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Behold ,
he taketh away ,
who can hinder him ?
who will say unto him ,
What doest thou ?
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If God will not withdraw his anger ,
the proud helpers do stoop under him .
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How much less shall I answer him ,
and choose out my words to reason with him ?
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Whom ,
though I were righteous ,
yet would I not answer ,
but I would make supplication to my judge .
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If I had called ,
and he had answered me ;
yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice .
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For he breaketh me with a tempest ,
and multiplieth my wounds without cause .
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He will not suffer me to take my breath ,
but filleth me with bitterness .
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If I speak of strength ,
lo ,
he is strong :
and if of judgment ,
who shall set me a time to plead ?
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If I justify myself ,
mine own mouth shall condemn me :
if I say ,
I am perfect ,
it shall also prove me perverse .
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Though I were perfect ,
yet would I not know my soul :
I would despise my life .
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This is one thing ,
therefore I said it ,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked .
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If the scourge slay suddenly ,
he will laugh at the trial of the innocent .
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked :
he covereth the faces of the judges thereof ;
if not ,
where ,
and who is he ?
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Now my days are swifter than a post :
they flee away ,
they see no good .
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They are passed away as the swift ships :
as the eagle that hasteth to the prey .
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If I say ,
I will forget my complaint ,
I will leave off my heaviness ,
and comfort myself :
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I am afraid of all my sorrows ,
I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent .
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If I be wicked ,
why then labour I in vain ?
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If I wash myself with snow water ,
and make my hands never so clean ;
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Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch ,
and mine own clothes shall abhor me .
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For he is not a man ,
as I am ,
that I should answer him ,
and we should come together in judgment .
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Neither is there any daysman betwixt us ,
that might lay his hand upon us both .
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Let him take his rod away from me ,
and let not his fear terrify me :
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Then would I speak ,
and not fear him ;
but it is not so with me .