Job 9

¹Then Iob answered, and sayd,

²I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?

³If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.

⁴He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?

⁵He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.

⁶Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.

⁷He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.

⁸Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

⁹He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.

¹⁰He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.

¹¹Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.

¹²Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?

¹³God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.

¹⁴Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?

¹⁵For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.