New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Job 9
20 "Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
21 "I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life.
22 "It is all one; therefore I say, ’He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’
23 "If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 "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?
25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
26 "They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
27 "Though I say, ’I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’
28 I am afraid of all my pains, I know that You will not acquit me.
29 "I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?
30 "If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,
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