## Job Replies There Is No Adjudicator 

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Then Job answered and said, 

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"In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God? 

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If one desired to contend with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand _times_. 

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Wise in heart and mighty in power, Who has stiffened _his neck_ against Him and been at peace? 

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_God_ is the One who removes the mountains, they know not _how_, When He overturns them in His anger; 

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The One who shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble; 

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The One who says for the sun not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars; 

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Who alone stretches out the heavens, And tramples down the waves of the sea; 

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Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; 

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Who does great things, unsearchable, And wondrous works, innumerable. 

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Were He to sweep by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past _me_, I would not perceive Him. 

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Were He to snatch away, who could turn Him back? Who could say to Him, 'What are You doing?' 

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"God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab. 

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How then can I answer Him, _And_ choose my words before Him? 

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For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to plead for the grace of my judge. 

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If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was giving ear to my voice. 

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For He bruises me with a tempest And multiplies my wounds without cause. 

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He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness. 

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If _it is a matter_ of power, behold, _He is_ the mighty one! And if _it is a matter_ of justice, who can make Him testify? 

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Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am blameless, He will declare me perverse. 

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I am blameless; I do not know my soul; I reject my life. 

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It is _all_ one; therefore I say, 'He consumes the blameless and the wicked.' 

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If the scourge puts to death suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent. 

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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If _it is_ not _He_, then who is it? 

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"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away; they do not see good. 

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They sweep by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its food. 

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Though I say, 'I will forget my musing, I will forsake my _sad_ countenance and be cheerful,' 

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I am afraid of all my pains; I know that You will not acquit me. 

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I am accounted wicked; Why then should I toil in vain? 

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If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye, 

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Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me. 

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For _He is_ not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may go to court _for judgment_ together. 

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There is no adjudicator between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both. 

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Let Him remove His rod from me, And let not dread of Him terrify me. 

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_Then_ I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.