Job 23:7-17 (New International Version)
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There an upright man1 could present his case before him,2 and I would be delivered forever from my judge.3
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"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
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When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.4
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But he knows the way that I take;5 when he has tested me,6 I will come forth as gold.7
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My feet have closely followed his steps;8 I have kept to his way without turning aside.9
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I have not departed from the commands of his lips;10 I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.11
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"But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?12 He does whatever he pleases.13
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He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.14
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That is why I am terrified before him;15 when I think of all this, I fear him.16
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God has made my heart faint;17 the Almighty18 has terrified me.19
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Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,20 by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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