1
Then
Job
answered
and
said,
2
I
know
[it
is]
so
of
a
truth:
but
how
should
man
be
just
with
God?
3
If
he
will
contend
with
him,
he
cannot
answer
him
one
of
a
thousand.
4
[He
is]
wise
in
heart,
and
mighty
in
strength:
who
hath
hardened
[himself]
against
him,
and
hath
prospered?
5
Which
removeth
the
mountains,
and
they
know
not:
which
overturneth
them
in
his
anger.
6
Which
shaketh
the
earth
out
of
her
place,
and
the
pillars
thereof
tremble.
7
Which
commandeth
the
sun,
and
it
riseth
not;
and
sealeth
up
the
stars.
8
Which
alone
spreadeth
out
the
heavens,
and
treadeth
upon
the
waves
of
the
sea.
9
Which
maketh
Arcturus,
Orion,
and
Pleiades,
and
the
chambers
of
the
south.
10
Which
doeth
great
things
past
finding
out;
yea,
and
wonders
without
number.
11
Lo,
he
goeth
by
me,
and
I
see
[him]
not:
he
passeth
on
also,
but
I
perceive
him
not.
12
Behold,
he
taketh
away,
who
can
hinder
him?
who
will
say
unto
him,
What
doest
thou?
13
[If]
God
will
not
withdraw
his
anger,
the
proud
helpers
do
stoop
under
him.
14
How
much
less
shall
I
answer
him,
[and]
choose
out
my
words
[to
reason]
with
him?
15
Whom,
though
I
were
righteous,
[yet]
would
I
not
answer,
[but]
I
would
make
supplication
to
my
judge.
16
If
I
had
called,
and
he
had
answered
me;
[yet]
would
I
not
believe
that
he
had
hearkened
unto
my
voice.
17
For
he
breaketh
me
with
a
tempest,
and
multiplieth
my
wounds
without
cause.
18
He
will
not
suffer
me
to
take
my
breath,
but
filleth
me
with
bitterness.
19
If
[I
speak]
of
strength,
lo,
[he
is]
strong:
and
if
of
judgment,
who
shall
set
me
a
time
[to
plead]?
20
If
I
justify
myself,
mine
own
mouth
shall
condemn
me:
[if
I
say],
I
[am]
perfect,
it
shall
also
prove
me
perverse.
21
[Though]
I
[were]
perfect,
[yet]
would
I
not
know
my
soul:
I
would
despise
my
life.
22
This
[is]
one
[thing],
therefore
I
said
[it],
He
destroyeth
the
perfect
and
the
wicked.
23
If
the
scourge
slay
suddenly,
he
will
laugh
at
the
trial
of
the
innocent.
24
The
earth
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
wicked:
he
covereth
the
faces
of
the
judges
thereof;
if
not,
where,
[and]
who
[is]
25
Now
my
days
are
swifter
than
a
post:
they
flee
away,
they
see
no
good.
26
They
are
passed
away
as
the
swift
ships:
as
the
eagle
[that]
hasteth
to
the
prey.
27
If
I
say,
I
will
forget
my
complaint,
I
will
leave
off
my
heaviness,
and
comfort
[myself]:
28
I
am
afraid
of
all
my
sorrows,
I
know
that
thou
wilt
not
hold
me
innocent.
29
[If]
I
be
wicked,
why
then
labour
I
in
vain?
30
If
I
wash
myself
with
snow
water,
and
make
my
hands
never
so
clean;
31
Yet
shalt
thou
plunge
me
in
the
ditch,
and
mine
own
clothes
shall
abhor
32
For
[he
is]
not
a
man,
as
I
[am,
that]
I
should
answer
him,
[and]
we
should
come
together
in
judgment.
33
Neither
is
there
any
daysman
betwixt
us,
[that]
might
lay
his
hand
upon
us
both.
34
Let
him
take
his
rod
away
from
me,
and
let
not
his
fear
terrify
35
[Then]
would
I
speak,
and
not
fear
him;
but
[it
is]
not
so
with