Job 9:11-24

11 Behold, he passes by me, and I ^asee him not;
he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
12 Behold, he snatches away; ^bwho can turn him back?
^cWho will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 “God will not turn back his anger;
beneath him bowed the helpers of ^dRahab.
14 ^eHow then can I ^fanswer him,
choosing my words with him?
15 ^gThough I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
I must ^happeal for mercy to my accuser. ^{▼▼Or to my judge}
16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
17 For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds ^jwithout cause;
18 he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a contest of ^kstrength, behold, he is mighty!
If it is a matter of justice, who can ^lsummon him? ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; Hebrew me}
20 Though I am in the right, ⁿmy own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
21 I am ^oblameless; I regard not myself;
I ^ploathe my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He ^qdestroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When ^rdisaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} of the innocent.
24 ^tThe earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he ^ucovers the faces of its judges—
^vif it is not he, who then is it?