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Job 23

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1 Job answered:
1 Then Job replied:
2 Today my complaint is again bitter; my strength is weighed down because of my groaning.
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
3 Oh, that I could know how to find him— come to his dwelling place;
3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
4 I would lay out my case before him, fill my mouth with arguments
4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 know the words with which he would answer, 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 contend with me through brute force? No, he would surely listen to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.
7 There those who do the right thing can argue with him; I could 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 Look, I go east; he's not there, west, and don't discover 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 north in his activity, and I don't grasp him; he turns south, and I don't see.
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 Surely he knows my way; when he tests me, I will emerge as 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 stayed right in his tracks. I have kept his way and not left it,
11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12 kept the commandments from his lips and not departed, valued the words from his mouth more than my 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 He is of one mind; who can reverse it? What he desires, he does.
13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
14 He carries out what is decreed for me and can do many similar things with me
14 He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
15 Therefore, I am scared by his presence; I think and become afraid of him.
15 That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
16 God has weakened my mind; the Almighty has frightened me.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Still I'm not annihilated by darkness; he has hidden deep darkness from me.
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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