Job 9:14-21

How then can ^aI ¹answer Him,

And choose my words ²before Him?

For ^athough I were right, I could not ¹answer;

I would have to ^bplead for the grace of my judge.

If I called and He answered me,

I could not believe that He was giving ear to my voice.

For He ^abruises me with a tempest

And multiplies my wounds without cause.

He will ^anot allow me to get my breath,

But saturates me with ^bbitterness.

If it is a matter of power, ^abehold, He is the mighty one!

And if it is a matter of justice, who can make ¹Him testify?

^aThough I am righteous, my mouth will ^bcondemn me;

Though I am blameless, He will declare me perverse.

I am ^ablameless;

I do not know my soul;

I ^breject my life.