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Job: There Is No Mediator
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job Replies: There Is No Arbiter
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
“Truly I know it is so,
But how can a man be righteous before God?
But how can a man be righteous before God?
“Truly I know that it is so:
But how can a man be in the right before God?
But how can a man be in the right before God?
If one wished to contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength
— who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded? —
— who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded? —
He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;
When He overturns them in His anger;
he who removes mountains, and they know it not,
when he overturns them in his anger,
when he overturns them in his anger,
He shakes the earth out of its place,
And its pillars tremble;
And its pillars tremble;
who shakes the earth out of its place,
and its pillars tremble;
and its pillars tremble;
He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;
He seals off the stars;
who commands the sun, and it does not rise;
who seals up the stars;
who seals up the stars;
who alone stretched out the heavens
and trampled the waves of the sea;
and trampled the waves of the sea;
who made the Bear and Orion,
the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;
the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;
He does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number.
Yes, wonders without number.
who does great things beyond searching out,
and marvelous things beyond number.
and marvelous things beyond number.
If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not;
he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back?
Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
“God will not turn back his anger;
beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
“How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words to reason with Him?
And choose my words to reason with Him?
How then can I answer him,
choosing my words with him?
choosing my words with him?
For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him;
I would beg mercy of my Judge.
I would beg mercy of my Judge.
If I called and He answered me,
I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
If I summoned him and he answered me,
I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
For He crushes me with a tempest,
And multiplies my wounds without cause.
And multiplies my wounds without cause.
For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds without cause;
and multiplies my wounds without cause;
He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills me with bitterness.
But fills me with bitterness.
he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
but fills me with bitterness.
If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;
And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;
Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
“I am blameless, yet I do not know myself;
I despise my life.
I despise my life.
I am blameless; I regard not myself;
I loathe my life.
I loathe my life.
It is all one thing;
Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
If the scourge slays suddenly,
He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, who else could it be?
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, who else could it be?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he covers the faces of its judges —
if it is not he, who then is it?
he covers the faces of its judges —
if it is not he, who then is it?
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
They flee away, they see no good.
“My days are swifter than a runner;
they flee away; they see no good.
they flee away; they see no good.
They go by like skiffs of reed,
like an eagle swooping on the prey.
like an eagle swooping on the prey.
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’
I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’
I am afraid of all my sufferings;
I know that You will not hold me innocent.
I know that You will not hold me innocent.
I become afraid of all my suffering,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.
for I know you will not hold me innocent.
If I am condemned,
Why then do I labor in vain?
Why then do I labor in vain?
I shall be condemned;
why then do I labor in vain?
why then do I labor in vain?
If I wash myself with snow
and cleanse my hands with lye,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
yet you will plunge me into a pit,
and my own clothes will abhor me.
and my own clothes will abhor me.
“For He is not a man, as I am,
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should come to trial together.
that we should come to trial together.
Nor is there any mediator between us,
Who may lay his hand on us both.
Who may lay his hand on us both.
Let Him take His rod away from me,
And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
Let him take his rod away from me,
and let not dread of him terrify me.
and let not dread of him terrify me.