Job 9:28

Modern

I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

Traditional

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Literal

I would fear all my sorrows, and I know that You will not clear me.

Latin

Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.

Hebrew

English

I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

The word "You" shows this is a prayer, even though, "O God," is not plainly stated in Hebrew.

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).
The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).
A "mediator" (9:33–34).
A question of accusation (9:12).
A legal sentence (9:22).
A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

Psalm 119:120
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Psalm 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Job 10:14
If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
Job 14:16
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Job 7:21
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Job 9:20–21
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Job 21:6
When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
Job 3:25
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Job 9:2
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
Psalm 88:15–16
From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.