What does Job 9:27 mean?

Job 9:27 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 9:27 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

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