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Job 9:21

New Century Version

“I am innocent, but I don’t care about myself. I hate my own life.

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A man named Job lived in the land of Uz. He was an honest and innocent man; he honored God and stayed away from evil.

You know I am not guilty, but no one can save me from your power.

My friends all laugh at me when I call on God and expect him to answer me; they laugh at me even though I am right and innocent!

See, I have prepared my case, and I know I will be proved right.

You said, ‘I am pure and without sin; I am innocent and free from guilt.

How I wish God would crush me and reach out his hand to destroy me.

Why don’t you pardon my wrongs and forgive my sins? I will soon lie down in the dust of death. Then you will search for me, but I will be no more.”

Even if I were right, I could not answer him; I could only beg God, my Judge, for mercy.

Those who trust in themselves are foolish, but those who live wisely will be kept safe.

I know of no wrong I have done, but this does not make me right before the Lord. The Lord is the One who judges me.