27 If [a]I say, I will forget my complaint, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort me,

28 Then I am afraid of all my sorrows, knowing that thou wilt not judge me innocent.

29 If I be wicked, why [b]labor I thus in vain?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:27 I think not to fall into these afflictions, but my sorrows bring me to these manifold infirmities, and my conscience condemneth me.
  2. Job 9:29 Why doth not God destroy me at once? thus he speaketh according to the infirmity of the flesh.

27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(A)
    I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(B) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.(C)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?(D)

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