Good News Bible

Job 9:27-28-34 Good News Bible (GNB)

27-28. If I smile and try to forget my pain,all my suffering comes back to haunt me;I know that God does hold me guilty.

29. Since I am held guilty, why should I bother?

30. No soap can wash away my sins.

31. God throws me into a pit of filth,and even my clothes are ashamed of me.

32. If God were human, I could answer him;we could go to court to decide our quarrel.

33. But there is no one to step between us —no one to judge both God and me.

34. Stop punishing me, God!Keep your terrors away!