Job 9:25-30 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

25. “And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.

26. They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on its prey.

27. Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will change my expression, and I will rejoice,’

28. I become afraid of all my sufferings; I know that you do not consider me innocent.

29. If I shall be declared guilty, why then should I labor in vain?

30. If I wash myself with soap, and I cleanse my hands with lye,

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