2
I know[H3045] it is so of a truth[H551]: but how should man[H582] be just[H6663] with God?[H410]
3
If he will[H2654]contend[H7378] with him, he cannot answer[H6030] him one[H259] of a thousand[H505].
4
He is wise[H2450] in heart[H3824], and mighty[H533] in strength[H3581]: who hath hardened[H7185] himself against him, and hath prospered?[H7999]
5
Which removeth[H6275] the mountains[H2022], and they know[H3045] not: which overturneth[H2015] them in his anger[H639].
6
Which shaketh[H7264] the earth[H776] out of her place[H4725], and the pillars[H5982] thereof tremble[H6426].
7
Which commandeth[H559] the sun[H2775], and it riseth[H2224] not; and sealeth up[H2856] the stars[H3556].
8
Which alone spreadeth out[H5186] the heavens[H8064], and treadeth[H1869] upon the waves[H1116] of the sea[H3220].
9
Which maketh[H6213]Arcturus[H5906], Orion[H3685], and Pleiades[H3598], and the chambers[H2315] of the south[H8486].
10
Which doeth[H6213] great things[H1419]past[H369] finding out[H2714]; yea, and wonders[H6381] without number[H4557].
11
Lo, he goeth[H5674] by me, and I see[H7200] him not: he passeth on[H2498] also, but I perceive[H995] him not.
12
Behold, he taketh away[H2862], who can hinder[H7725] him? who will say[H559] unto him, What doest[H6213] thou?
13
If God[H433] will not withdraw[H7725] his anger[H639], the proud[H7293]helpers[H5826] do stoop[H7817] under him.
14
How much less shall I answer[H6030] him, and choose out[H977] my words[H1697] to reason with him?
15
Whom, though I were righteous[H6663], yet would I not answer[H6030], but I would make supplication[H2603] to my judge[H8199].
16
If I had called[H7121], and he had answered[H6030] me; yet would I not believe[H539] that he had hearkened[H238] unto my voice[H6963].
17
For he breaketh[H7779] me with a tempest[H8183], and multiplieth[H7235] my wounds[H6482] without cause[H2600].
18
He will not suffer[H5414] me to take[H7725] my breath[H7307], but filleth[H7646] me with bitterness[H4472].
19
If I speak of strength[H3581], lo, he is strong[H533]: and if of judgment[H4941], who shall set[H3259] me a time to plead?
20
If I justify[H6663] myself, mine own mouth[H6310] shall condemn[H7561] me: if I say, I am perfect[H8535], it shall also prove me perverse[H6140].
21
Though I were perfect[H8535], yet would I not know[H3045] my soul[H5315]: I would despise[H3988] my life[H2416].
22
This is one[H259] thing, therefore I said[H559] it, He destroyeth[H3615] the perfect[H8535] and the wicked[H7563].
23
If the scourge[H7752]slay[H4191]suddenly[H6597], he will laugh[H3932] at the trial[H4531] of the innocent[H5355].
24
The earth[H776] is given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the wicked[H7563]: he covereth[H3680] the faces[H6440] of the judges[H8199] thereof; if not, where[H645], and who is he?
25
Now my days[H3117] are swifter[H7043] than a post[H7323]: they flee away[H1272], they see[H7200] no good[H2896].
26
They are passed away[H2498]as[H5973] the swift[H16]ships[H591]: as[H5973] the eagle[H5404] that hasteth[H2907] to the prey[H400].
27
If I say[H559], I will forget[H7911] my complaint[H7879], I will leave off[H5800] my heaviness[H6440], and comfort[H1082] myself:
28
I am afraid[H3025] of all my sorrows[H6094], I know[H3045] that thou wilt not hold me innocent[H5352].
29
If I be wicked[H7561], why then labour[H3021] I in vain?[H1892]
30
If I wash[H7364] myself with[H7950] snow water[H4325], and make my hands[H3709]never[H1252] so clean[H2141];
31Yet[H227] shalt thou plunge[H2881] me in the ditch[H7845], and mine own clothes[H8008] shall abhor[H8581] me.
32
For he is not a man[H376], as I am, that I should answer[H6030] him, and we should come[H935]together[H3162] in judgment[H4941].
33
Neither is[H3426] there any daysman[H3198] betwixt us, that might lay[H7896] his hand[H3027] upon us both[H8147].
34
Let him take[H5493] his rod[H7626]away[H5493] from me, and let not his fear[H367]terrify[H1204] me:
35
Then would I speak[H1696], and not fear[H3372] him; but it is not so with me.