New Living Translation

Job 9:21-27 New Living Translation (NLT)

21. “I am innocent,but it makes no difference to me—I despise my life.

22. Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to God.That’s why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

23. When a plague sweeps through,he laughs at the death of the innocent.

24. The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked,and God blinds the eyes of the judges.If he’s not the one who does it, who is?

25. “My life passes more swiftly than a runner.It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.

26. It disappears like a swift papyrus boat,like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

27. If I decided to forget my complaints,to put away my sad face and be cheerful,