1Then Job answered and said,
2I know it is so of a truth:
3If he will contend with him,
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
5Which removeth the mountains, and they know not:
6Which shaketh the earth out of her place,
7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not;
8Which alone spreadeth out the heavens,
9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion,
10Which doeth great things past finding out;
11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not:
12Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him?
13If God will not withdraw his anger,
14How much less shall I answer him,
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer,
16If I had called, and he had answered me;
17For he breaketh me with a tempest,
18He will not suffer me to take my breath,
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong:
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul:
22This is one thing, therefore I said it,
23If the scourge slay suddenly,
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked:
25Now my days are swifter than a post:
26They are passed away as the swift ships:
27If I say, I will forget my complaint,
28I am afraid of all my sorrows,
29If I be wicked,
30If I wash myself with snow water,
31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch,
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
33Neither is there any daysman betwixt us,
34Let him take his rod away from me,
35Then would I speak, and not fear him;