Job 9:19
“If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?”
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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Related Verses
“For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.”
“Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.”
“Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.”
“Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.”
“How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?”