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Job 23

1 And Job answereth and saith: --

1 Then Job replied:

2 Also -- to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

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

3 O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

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

4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments

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

5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

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

6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

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

7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

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

8 Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

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

9 [To] the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

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 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

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

11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

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

12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

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 And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth [it].

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

14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him

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

15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

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

16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

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

17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

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

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