Capítulo 9

1 - Then Job answered and said,

2 - Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

3 - If he be pleased to 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 prospered?-

5 - [Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

6 - That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

7 - That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

8 - That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

9 - That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

10 - That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things 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 seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

13 - God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab 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; I would make supplication to my judge.

16 - If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he 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 [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?

20 - Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

21 - I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

22 - It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

23 - If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock 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 [it be] not [he], who then is it?

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 swoopeth on the prey.

27 - If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;

28 - I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

29 - I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

30 - If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

31 - Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

32 - For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

33 - There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

34 - Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:

35 - Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.