1. Then Job replied:
2. ‘Indeed, I know that this is true.But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
3. Though they wished to dispute with him,they could not answer him once in a thousand times.
4. His wisdom is profound, his power is vast.Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
5. He moves mountains without their knowing itand overturns them in his anger.
6. He shakes the earth from its placeand makes its pillars tremble.
7. He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;he seals off the light of the stars.
8. He alone stretches out the heavensand treads on the waves of the sea.
9. He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion,the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,miracles that cannot be counted.
11. When he passes me, I cannot see him;when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12. If he snatches away, who can stop him?Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
13. God does not restrain his anger;even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
14. ‘How then can I dispute with him?How can I find words to argue with him?
15. Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.