I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
I know it is so - that God does not "pervert justice" (Job 8:3).
But how should a man be just with God? But (even though I be sure of being in the right) how can a mere weak man assert his right (be just) with the omnipotent God? "In thy sight shall no man living be justified" (Psalms 143:2). 'Is mortal man just in the presence of God?' etc. (Remark, Job 4:17). The Gospel answers - "To declare (God's) righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus" (Romans 3:26).