Job
Chapter Twenty-Three
1 ¶ Then Job answered
and said:
2 "Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my
groaning.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would
say to me.
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of
me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever
from my Judge.
8 ¶ "Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I
cannot perceive Him;
9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the
right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth
as gold.
11 My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the
words of His mouth More than my necessary food.
13 ¶ "But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever
His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him.
15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid
of Him.
16 For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me;
17 Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did not hide
deep darkness from my face.
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