“Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me.Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.”
Job 9:20 (WEB)
Context Reading
18He will not allow me to catch my breath,but fills me with bitterness. 19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty!If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’ 20Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me.Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse. 21I am blameless.I don’t respect myself.I despise my life. 22“It is all the same.Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.