Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?(A)
If one wanted to take(B) Him to court,
he could not answer God[a] once in a thousand times.(C)
God is wise(D) and all-powerful.
Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:3 Or court, God would not answer him

“Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
Though they wished to dispute with him,(B)
    they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(C)
His wisdom(D) is profound, his power is vast.(E)
    Who has resisted(F) him and come out unscathed?(G)

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