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13 If God is angry, he will not stop.
    He destroys Rahab and the other monsters of the sea.[a]

14 So I can never give an answer to God.
    There are no words that I can use to argue with him.
15 Even if I am completely right,
    I cannot answer him.
He is my judge.
    I can only ask him to be kind to me.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:13 See Isaiah 51:9. Rahab was the name of a great sea monster.

13 God does not restrain his anger;(A)
    even the cohorts of Rahab(B) cowered at his feet.

14 “How then can I dispute with him?
    How can I find words to argue with him?(C)
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;(D)
    I could only plead(E) with my Judge(F) for mercy.(G)

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