Job 9:16–18

If I summoned him and he answered me,

I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.

For he crushes me with a tempest

and multiplies my wounds without cause;

he will not let me get my breath,

but fills me with bitterness.

If I summoned him and he answered me,

I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said.

He batters me with a whirlwind

and multiplies my wounds without cause.

He doesn’t let me catch my breath

but fills me with bitter experiences.

And even if I summoned him and he responded,

I’m not sure he would listen to me.

For he attacks me with a storm

and repeatedly wounds me without cause.

He will not let me catch my breath,

but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.

If I summon him, and he should answer me,

I do not believe that he will listen to my voice—

who crushes me with a tempest

and multiplies my wounds without cause.

He will not allow me to catch my breath;

rather, he will fill me with bitterness.

If I had called, and he had answered me;

Yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

For he breaketh me with a tempest,

And multiplieth my wounds without cause.

He will not suffer me to take my breath,

But filleth me with bitterness.