9. made the Bear and Orion, Pleiadesand the southern constellations;
10. does great and unsearchable things,wonders beyond number?
11. If God goes by me, I can’t see him;he glides past, and I can’t perceive him.
12. If he seizes, who can bring back?Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
13. God won’t retract his anger;the helpers of Rahab bow beneath him.
14. Yet I myself will answer him;I’ll choose my words in a contest with him.
15. Even if I’m innocent, I can’t answer;I must plead for justice.
16. If I were to call and he answered me,I couldn’t believe that he heard my voice.
17. Who bruises me with a tempestand multiplies my wounds for no reason?
18. He doesn’t let me catch my breath,for he fills me with bitterness.
19. If the issue is strength—behold power!If justice—who calls God to meet me?
20. If I’m innocent, my mouth condemns me;I have integrity; but God declares me perverse.
21. I’m blameless, yet don’t know myself;I reject my life.
22. It’s all the same;therefore, I say God destroys the blameless and the sinners.
23. If calamity suddenly kills,he mocks at the slaying of innocents.
24. The earth is handed over to the wicked;he covers the faces of its judges.If not God, then who does?
25. My days are swifter than a runner;they flee and don’t experience good.