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Job: There Is No Mediator

1 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Truly I know it is so,
But how can a aman be brighteous before God? 
3 If one wished to1 contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. 
4 aGod is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? 
5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;
6 He ashakes the earth out of its place,
And its bpillars tremble; 
7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;
8 aHe alone spreads out the heavens,
And1 treads on the waves of the sea; 
9 aHe made1 the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south; 
10 aHe does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number. 
11 aIf He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him; 
12 aIf He takes away,1 who can hinder Him?
Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ 
13 God will not withdraw His anger,
aThe allies of1 the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. 
14 “How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words to reason with Him?
15 aFor though I were righteous, I could not answer Him;
I would beg mercy of my Judge. 
16 If I called and He answered me,
I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
17 For He crushes me with a tempest,
And multiplies my wounds awithout cause. 
18 He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;
And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;
Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
21 “I am blameless, yet I do not know myself;
I despise my life.
22 It is all one thing;
Therefore I say, a‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’ 


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