Job 9:20

“If I justify myself, etc.] Seek for justification by his own righteousness, trust in himself that he was righteous, say that he was so, and pronounce himself a righteous man, what would it signify? mine own mouth shall condemn me; the words of it being sinful, vain, idle, and frothy; and if a man is to be justified, and condemned by his words, he may be sure of the latter: indeed, “if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man”, (<590302>James 3:2); but let a man be as careful as he can, and keep ever such a guard upon his lips, such is the imperfection of human nature, that, though a Moses, he will speak unadvisedly with his lips, at one time or another, and in many things will…”

“it-- (Job 15:6; Luk 19:22); or "He," God.”

“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me - That is, referring still to the form of a judicial trial, if I should undertake to manage my own cause, I should lay myself open to condemnation even in my argument on the subject, and should show that I was far from the perfection which I had undertaken to maintain. By passionate expressions; by the language of complaint and murmuring; by a want of suitable reverence; by showing my ignorance of the principles of the divine government; by arguments unsound and based on false positions; or by contradictions and self-refutations, I should show that my position was untenable, and that God was right in charging me with guilt. In some or in…”

“Justify - If I plead against God mine own righteousness and innocency. Job 9:21”

“justify: Job 9:2, Job 4:17, Job 32:1, Job 32:2; Psa 130:3, Psa 143:2; Luk 10:29, Luk 16:15 mine: Job 15:5, Job 15:6, Job 34:35, Job 35:16; Pro 10:19; Isa 6:5; Mat 12:36, Mat 12:37; Jam 3:2 I am perfect: Job 1:1; Phi 3:12-15 it shall: Job 33:8-13; Pro 17:20; Ti1 6:5 Job 9:21”