Job 9:27-29

New International Reader's Version

²⁷ Suppose I say, ‘I’ll forget about all my problems.
    I’ll change my frown into a smile.’
²⁸ Then I’d still be afraid I’d go on suffering.
    That’s because I know you would say
    I had done something wrong.
²⁹ In fact, you have already said I’m guilty.
    So why should I struggle without any reason?