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Then Job answered and said:
2 Yes, truly: I know it is so:
But with God how can man urge his right?
3 Should He choose to contend against him,
He could answer not one in a thousand.
4 Wise-hearted and strong as He is,
Who hath ever successfully braved Him?
5 Mountains He moves without effort,
He turns them about in His anger.
6 He shaketh the earth from her place,
And maketh her pillars shudder.
7 He speaks to the sun, and it shines not;
He setteth a seal on the stars.
8 He strecheth the heavens all alone;
He treadeth the heights of the sea.
9 He maketh the Bear and Orion.
The Pleiades and the southern chambers.
10 He doeth great things and unsearchable,
Marvellous things without number.
11 Lo! He passes me by all unseen;
Sweeps past – but I cannot perceive Him.
12 He seizeth, and who can prevent Him?
Who dare ask Him, "What doest Thou?"
13 God will not withdraw His anger;
The helpers of Rahab stooped under Him:
14 How much less can I give Him answer,
And choose out my words against Him?
15 Were I right, I could give Him no answer,
But needs must entreat my Judge.
16 If I called, He would give me no answer;
I cannot believe He would listen.
17 For He Crushes me in a temptest
With many a wanton wound.
18 He suffers me not to take breath,
But with bitterness He fills me.
19 Is it question of strength? There He is.
Or of justice? Then who will implead Him?
20 Am I right? Still mine own mouth condemns me.
Innocent? He proveth me perverse.
21 Innocent I am – but I reck not.
I spurn my life; ’tis all one.
22 And therefore it is that I say,
"He destroyeth both guiltless and guilty."
23 When the scourge bringeth sudden death,
The despair of the blameless He mocketh.
24 He hath given up the earth to the wicked;
He veileth the face of its judges.
If it be not He, who then?
25 My days are more swift than a runner,
They flee unillumined by joy.
26 They glide like the ships of reed,
Like an eagle that darts on its prey.
27 If I vow to forget my plaint
And to wear a bright face for a joyless,
28 I shudder at all my pains;
I know Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
29 I then am I infallibly guilty,
So why should I labour in vain?
30 For though I wash me with snow,
And cleanse my hands with lye,
31 Thou wouldst plunge me then in the mire,
So that even my friends would abhor me.
32 Thou art not a man like myself,
That we come into judgment together.
33 O for an umpire between us,
To lay his hand on us both!
34 Let Him take but His rod from off me,
And affright me no more with His terrors,
35 And then I would speak unafraid–
For not such at heart am I.
JOB C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42