1 Then Job answered, 2 “Truly I know that it is so, 3 If he is pleased to contend with him, 4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: 5 He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, 6 He shakes the earth out of its place. 7 He commands the sun, and it doesn’t rise, 8 He alone stretches out the heavens, 9 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, 10 He does great things past finding out; 11 Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. 12 Behold, he snatches away. 13 “God will not withdraw his anger. 14 How much less shall I answer him, 15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me, 17 For he breaks me with a storm, 18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, 19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! 20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. 21 I am blameless. 22 “It is all the same. 23 If the scourge kills suddenly, 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. 25 “Now my days are swifter than a runner. 26 They have passed away as the swift ships, 27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, 29 I shall be condemned. 30 If I wash myself with snow, 31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, 33 There is no umpire between us, 34 Let him take his rod away from me. 35 then I would speak, and not fear him,