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Job 10:7

New International Reader's Version

You already know I’m not guilty. No one can save me from your power.

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If I were guilty, how terrible that would be for me! Even if I haven’t sinned, I can’t be proud of what I’ve done. That’s because I’m so full of shame. I’m drowning in my suffering.

You say to God, ‘My beliefs are perfect. I’m pure in your sight.’

I’ve prepared my case. And I know I’ll be proved right.

But he knows every step I take. When he has tested me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.

My feet have closely followed his steps. I’ve stayed on his path without turning away.

It blows against them without mercy. They try to escape from its power.

Then what will I do when God opposes me? What answer will I give him when he asks me to explain myself?

“I wish someone would listen to me! I’m signing my name to everything I’ve said. I hope the Mighty One will give me his answer. I hope the one who brings charges against me will write them down.

So let God weigh me in honest scales. Then he’ll know I haven’t done anything wrong.

So the three men stopped answering Job, because he thought he was right.

You said, ‘I’m pure. I have done no wrong. I’m clean. I’m free from sin.

“Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?

After the Lord finished speaking to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite. He said, “I am angry with you and your two friends. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has.

If he takes something, who can stop him? Who would dare to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

“Even though I’m honest, I’m not concerned about myself. I hate my own life.

It all amounts to the same thing. That’s why I say, ‘God destroys honest people and sinful people alike.’

The Lord watches over the lives of godly people. But the lives of sinful people will lead to their death.

Look deep down into my heart. Study me carefully at night and test me. You won’t find anything wrong. I have planned nothing evil. My mouth has not said sinful things.

“You who forget God, think about this. If you don’t, I will tear you to pieces. No one will be able to save you.

Lord my God, suppose I have done something wrong. Suppose I am guilty.

“And that is not all! I have always been God, and I always will be. No one can save people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?”

You will hear the horns, flutes, zithers, lyres, harps, pipes and other musical instruments. When you do, fall down and worship the statue I made. If you will, that’s very good. But if you won’t, you will be thrown at once into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to save you from my power?”

So now I’ll uncover her body. All her lovers will see it. No one can stop me from punishing her.

I will be like a lion to Ephraim. I will attack Judah like a powerful lion. I will tear them to pieces. I will drag them off. Then I will leave them. No one will be able to save them.

Jesus spoke to him a third time. He asked, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt bad because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He answered, “Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.

Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.

“Look! I am the One! There is no other God except me. I put some people to death. I bring others to life. I have wounded, and I will heal. No one can save you from my power.

You are witnesses of how we lived among you believers. God is also a witness that we were holy and godly and without blame.

They said, “The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And we want Israel to know! Have we opposed the Lord? Have we refused to obey him? If we have, don’t spare us today.




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