- 9:1 Then Job answered and said,
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约伯回答说，
- 9:2 I do indeed know that it is so. But how can a man be righteous before God?
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我真知道是这样；但人在神面前怎能成为义的？
- 9:3 If he is pleased to contend with Him, He cannot answer Him one thing in a thousand.
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人若愿意与祂争辩，千件事中也不能回答一件。
- 9:4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength-Who has ever resisted Him and come through whole? -
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祂心里有智慧，并且能力强大；谁抗拒祂而平安无事呢？
- 9:5 He who removes mountains, and they do not know it, When He overturns them in His anger;
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祂在怒中把山翻倒挪移，山并不知觉；
- 9:6 Who shakes the earth from its place, And its pillars shake;
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祂使地震动，离其本位，地的柱子就摇撼；
- 9:7 Who commands the sun, and it does not rise, And seals up the stars;
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祂吩咐日头，日头就不升起，祂又封闭众星；
- 9:8 Who alone stretched forth the heavens And trod upon the heights of the sea;
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祂独自铺张诸天，步行在海浪之上；
- 9:9 Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
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祂造北斗、参星、昴星、和南方的密宫；
- 9:10 Who does great things that cannot be searched, Indeed, wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered.
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祂行大事不可测度，行奇事不可胜数。
- 9:11 Indeed, He passes by me, but I do not see Him; And He goes by, but I do not perceive Him.
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看哪，祂从我旁边经过，我却不看见；祂在我面前走过，我也不察觉。
- 9:12 Indeed, He snatches away; who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, What are You doing?
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看哪，祂夺取，谁能阻挡？谁敢问祂，你作什么？
- 9:13 God does not turn back His anger; Under Him Rahab's helpers stoop.
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神必不收回祂的怒气；扶助拉哈伯的，屈身在祂以下。
- 9:14 How then can I answer Him And choose my words properly with Him?
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既是这样，我怎敢回答祂，怎敢选择言辞与祂辩论？
- 9:15 I, though righteous, could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy before my Judge.
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我虽有义，也不能回答祂；只能向那审判我的恳求。
- 9:16 If I called out and He answered me, I do not believe that He would hearken to my voice.
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我若呼吁，祂应允我，我仍不信祂真听我的声音。
- 9:17 For He crushes me with a whirlwind And multiplies my wounds without cause.
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因祂用旋风摧残我，无故的加增我的损伤。
- 9:18 He does not permit me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
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祂不容我喘一口气，倒使我饱受苦恼。
- 9:19 If we speak of strength, indeed, He is mighty! Or if of judgment, Who, says He, can appoint Me a time?
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若论力量，祂真有能力；若论审判，祂说，谁能定下日期传我来呢？
- 9:20 Though I am righteous, my mouth would condemn me; Though I am perfect, it would prove me perverse.
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我虽是义的，我口要定我为有罪；我虽完全，我口必显我为弯曲。
- 9:21 I am perfect; I do not regard my soul; I despise my life.
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我本完全；我不顾自己；我厌弃我的性命。
- 9:22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
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行善作恶都是一样；所以我说，完全人和恶人，祂都灭绝。
- 9:23 If some scourge suddenly kills, He derides the despair of the innocent.
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若有人忽然遭杀害之祸，祂必戏笑无辜人的绝望。
- 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If not He, then who is it?
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地交在恶人手中；祂蒙蔽地上审判官的脸。若不是祂，是谁呢？
- 9:25 And my days are swifter than a running messenger; They flee away, they do not see good;
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我的日子比跑信的更快，急速过去，不见福乐。
- 9:26 They go by like reed boats, Like an eagle swooping on the prey.
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我的日子过去如快船，如急落抓食的鹰。
- 9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance and look cheerful;
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我若说，我要忘记我的苦情，除去我的愁容，显出愉快；
- 9:28 I fear all my pains: I know that You will not hold me innocent.
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我就惧怕我一切的痛苦，知道你必不以我为无辜。
- 9:29 I will be accounted wicked; Why then do I labor in vain?
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我必被你定为恶；我何必徒然劳苦？
- 9:30 If I wash myself with soap And cleanse my hands with lye,
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我若用雪水洗身，用碱洁净我的手，
- 9:31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own garments will abhor me.
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你还要把我扔在坑里，连我的衣服都憎恶我。
- 9:32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, That we should enter into litigation together.
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祂本不像我是人，使我可以回答祂，又使我们可以同听审判。
- 9:33 There is no referee between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
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我们中间没有仲裁的人，可以给我们两造按手。
- 9:34 Let Him take His rod away from me, And let not the dread of Him terrify me;
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愿祂使祂的刑杖离开我，不使我因祂的可畏而惊惶；
- 9:35 Then I would speak and not be afraid; For I am not such.
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我就说话，并不惧怕；现在我却不是这样。