1. Then Job answered:
2. “Yes, I know that this is true,but how can anyone be right in the presence of God?
3. Someone might want to argue with God,but no one could answer God,not one time out of a thousand.
4. God’s wisdom is deep, and his power is great;no one can fight him without getting hurt.
5. God moves mountains without anyone knowing itand turns them over when he is angry.
6. He shakes the earth out of its placeand makes its foundations tremble.
7. He commands the sun not to shineand shuts off the light of the stars.
8. He alone stretches out the skiesand walks on the waves of the sea.
9. It is God who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiadesand the groups of stars in the southern sky.
10. He does wonders that cannot be understood;he does so many miracles they cannot be counted.
11. When he passes me, I cannot see him;when he goes by me, I do not recognize him.
12. If he snatches something away, no one can stop himor say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13. God will not hold back his anger.Even the helpers of the monster Rahab lie at his feet in fear.
14. So how can I argue with God,or even find words to argue with him?
15. Even if I were right, I could not answer him;I could only beg God, my Judge, for mercy.
16. If I called to him and he answered,I still don’t believe he would listen to me.