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Job 23

1 Then Job answered:

1 Then Job replied:

2 Today also my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

3 If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne.

3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would learn how He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me.

5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.

6 Would He prosecute me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me.

6 Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.

7 There an upright man could reason with Him, and I would escape from my Judge forever.

7 There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.

8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.

8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

9 When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

9 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.

10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way and not turned aside.

11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.

12 I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food.

12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

13 But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.

14 He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind.

14 He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.

15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider [this], I am afraid of Him.

15 That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.

16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

17 Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.