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Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Passage Lookup: Job 9

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Job 9:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 9:2
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Yes, I know what you've said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?(a)
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Job 9:3
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If one wanted to take(b) Him to court, he could not answer God[a] once in a thousand times.(c)
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Job 9:4
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God is wise(d) and all-powerful. Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?
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Job 9:5
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He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in His anger.(e)
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Job 9:6
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He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble.
Job 9:7
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He commands the sun not to shine and seals off the stars.(f)
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Job 9:8
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He alone stretches out the heavens(g) and treads on the waves of the sea.[b]
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Job 9:9
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He makes the stars: the Bear,[c] Orion, the Pleiades,(h) and the constellations[d] of the southern sky.
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Job 9:10
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He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.(i)
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Job 9:11
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If He passes by me, I wouldn't see Him;(j) if He goes right by, I wouldn't recognize Him.
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Job 9:12
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If He snatches something, who can stop[e] Him? Who can ask Him, "What are You doing?"(k)
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Job 9:13
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God does not hold back His anger; Rahab's(l) assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!
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Job 9:14
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How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
Job 9:15
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Even if I were in the right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.(m)
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Job 9:16
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If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.
Job 9:17
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He batters me with a whirlwind(n) and multiplies my wounds without cause.
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Job 9:18
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He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences.
Job 9:19
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If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One!(o) If it is a matter of justice, who can summon(p) Him?[f]
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Job 9:20
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Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;(q) if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
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Job 9:21
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Though I am blameless, I no longer care about myself; I renounce my life.(r)
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Job 9:22
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It is all the same. Therefore I say, "He destroys both the blameless and the wicked."(s)
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Job 9:23
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When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Job 9:24
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The earth[g] is handed over to the wicked; He blindfolds[h] its judges.(t) If it isn't He, then who is it?
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Job 9:25
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My days fly by faster than a runner;[i](u) they flee without seeing any good.(v)
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Job 9:26
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They sweep by like boats made of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.(w)
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Job 9:27
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If I said, "I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,"
Job 9:28
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I would still live in terror of all my pains.(x) I know You will not acquit me.(y)
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Job 9:29
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Since I will be found guilty,(z) why should I labor in vain?
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Job 9:30
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If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 9:31
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then You dip me in a pit of mud, and my own clothes despise me!
Job 9:32
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For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,(aa) that we can take each other to court.
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Job 9:33
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There is no one to judge between us, to lay his hand on both of us.
Job 9:34
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Let Him take His rod away from me so His terror will no longer frighten me.(ab)
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Job 9:35
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Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own.
 
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