1 Then Job answered:
2 Very well I know that it is so. But how can a mortal be just before God?
3 If one were to contend with him, not once in a thousand times would he answer.
4 His power is vast, his wisdom profound. Who has resisted him and come out unharmed?
5 He moves mountains before they are aware; he overturns them in his rage.
6 He makes the earth tremble and its pillars quake.
7 He commands the sun, and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.
8 He alone stretches out the skies and treads on the waves of the seas.
9 He made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and every constellation.
10 His wonders are past all reckoning, his miracles beyond all counting.
11 He passes by, but I do not see him; he moves on, but I do not notice him.
12 If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"
13 God does not turn back when angered; before him Rahab's cohorts cowered.
14 How then can I answer him and find words to argue with him?
15 If he does not answer when I am right, shall I plead with my judge for mercy?
16 Even if I appealed and he answered, I do not believe that he would have heard.
17 He who crushes me for a trifle and multiplies my hurt for no reason.
18 He does not give me time to breathe, but fills me with grief without pause.
19 If it is a contest of strength, he is mighty. If a matter of justice, who will summon him?
20 If I were innocent, my own mouth would condemn me; if blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
21 But am I innocent, after all? I do not know, and so I find my life despicable.
22 It is all the same! And this I dare say: both blameless and wicked - he destroys.
23 When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 When a nation falls into a tyrant's hand, it is he who makes the judges blind. But if it is not he - who else then?
25 Swifter than a runner are my days; without a shred of joy they fly away.
26 They skim along like reed canoes or like eagles swooping on their prey.
27 If I resolve to forget my affliction, to smile and change my expression,
28 my trials make me fear for I know I shall be held accountable.
29 In any case if I am to be condemned, why should I bother in vain?
30 If I washed my body with snow and cleansed my hands with soap,
31 you would plunge me into the dung pit, and my very clothes would abhor me.
32 He is not a man like me that I might say, "let us go to court together."
33 Would that there were an arbiter between us, who could lay his hand upon both of us.
34 He would remove from me the rod of God and his terrors which frighten me.
35 But it is not so. Then I will speak to myself alone without fear.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 9:
Job 9 is a chapter where Job reflects on God's righteousness and how impossible for man to be righteous before him. He questions how a human being can be just before God, who is so powerful and wise. Job also remembers the misery that is passing and how powerless in the face of the situation. Here are five verses related to the topics covered in Job 9:
Psalm 9:7-8: "But the Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne to judge. He himself judges the world with justice; governs the peoples with righteousness." This verse talks about how God is just in his decisions and how he is a righteous ruler.
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord of all your heart and do not support yourself in your own understanding; recognize the Lord in all your ways, and He will straighten your paths." This verse talks about trusting God, even when things seem impossible.
Romans 3:23-24: "For all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God, being justified free of charge by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." This verse talks about how everyone has sinned and cannot be righteous by themselves, but they can be justified through Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 55:8-9: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways, says the Lord. For, just as heaven are higher than the earth, so are my ways the most High than your ways, and my thoughts more than your thoughts. " This verse talks about how God has a greater and higher perspective than that of human beings and how we cannot completely understand their ways.
James 1:2-4: "My brothers, consider the fact that they go through various trials, for you know that proof of your faith produces perseverance. And perseverance must have complete action, so that you may be mature and righteous, without lacking anything. " This verse talks about how trials can help us grow and mature in our faith.
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