Post by 13asCD…7vtm

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

How much less shall I answer him, {and} choose out my words {to reason} with him?

If {I speak} of strength, lo, {he is} strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time {to plead}?

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Then Job answered and said,

Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

{He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered?

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. {Arcturus...: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah}

I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?}

Whom, though I were righteous, {yet} would I not answer, {but} I would make supplication to my judge.

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

This {is} one {thing}, therefore I said {it}, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see {him} not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

If I had called, and he had answered me; {yet} would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, {that} might lay his hand upon us both. {any...: Heb. one that should argue} {daysman: or, umpire}

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort {myself}:

{If} I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

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

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. {abhor...: or, make me to be abhorred}

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

For {he is} not a man, as I {am, that} I should answer him, {and} we should come together in judgment.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

{Then} would I speak, and not fear him; but {it is} not so with me. {it is...: Heb. I am not so with myself}