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of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and
sealeth up the stars.
8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the
sea.
9
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10
Which doeth
great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see
him
not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him?
who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13
If
God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers
do stoop under him.
14
How much less shall I answer him,
and
choose out my words
to reason
with
him?
15
Whom, 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 breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19
If
I speak
of strength,
lo,
he is
strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time
to plead?
20
If I justify myself, mine
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 despise my life.
22
This
is
one
thing,
therefore
I said
it,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at
the trial of the innocent.
24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of
the judges thereof; if not, where,
and
who
is
he?
25
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee
away, they see no good.
26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle
that
hasteth to the
prey.
27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort
myself:
28
I
am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29
If
I be wicked, why
then labour I in vain?
30
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32
For
he is
not a
man, as I
am, that
I should answer him,
and
we should come together in judgment.
33
Neither is
there any daysman betwixt us,
that
might lay his hand upon us both.
34
Let him take his rod away
from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35
Then
would I speak, and not fear him; but
it is
not so
with me.
CHAPTER 10
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness
of my soul.
2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with
me.
3
Is it
good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine
hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man
seeth?
5
Are
thy days as the days of man?
are
thy years as man’s days,
6
That thou enquirest after
mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and
there is
none
that can deliver out of thine hand.
8
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round
about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay;
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