Job 9:15–28

15  qWhom, 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 rbreaketh me with a tempest,

And multiplieth my wounds swithout cause.

18  He will not suffer me tto take my breath,

But filleth me with bitterness.

19  If I speak uof strength, lo, he is strong:

And if of judgment, wwho shall set me a time to plead?

20  If I justify myself, xmine 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 ydespise my life.

22  This is one thing, therefore I said it,

zHe destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

23  If the ascourge slay suddenly,

He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

24  The earth is given into the hand of the wicked:

bHe covereth the faces of the judges thereof;

cIf not, where, and who is he?

25  Now dmy days are swifter than ea post:

They flee away, dthey see no good.

26  They are passed away as the †||swift ships:

As fthe eagle that hasteth to the prey.

27  gIf I say, I will forget my complaint,

I will leave off my heaviness, and hcomfort myself:

28  I am afraid of all my sorrows,

I know that thou iwilt not hold me innocent.