Job 23
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1Then Job answered: 1Then Job answered:
2Today also my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning. 2Today also my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne. 3If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne.
4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. 4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would learn how He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me. 5I would learn how He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me.
6Would He prosecute me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me. 6Would He prosecute me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would escape from my Judge forever. 7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would escape from my Judge forever.
8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him. 8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.
9When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him. 9When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him.
10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold. 10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way and not turned aside. 11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way and not turned aside.
12I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food. 12I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food.
13But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires. 13But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind. 14He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind.
15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of Him. 15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. 16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face. 17Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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