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18 he will not let me get my breath,
    but fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a contest of strength, behold him!
    If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?[a]
20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me;
    though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:19 Compare Gk: Heb me. The text of the verse is uncertain

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