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Job 23

1 Job answered:

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 Today my complaint is again bitter; my strength is weighed down because of my groaning.

2 “Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.

3 Oh, that I could know how to find him— come to his dwelling place;

3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

4 I would lay out my case before him, fill my mouth with arguments,

4 I would lay 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 know what he would answer me and understand 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 contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me.

7 There those who do the right thing can argue with him; I could escape from my judge forever.

7 There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

8 Look, I go east; he's not there, west, and don't discover him;

8 “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

9 north in his activity, and I don't grasp him; he turns south, and I don't see.

9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see 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 tried me, I shall come out as gold.

11 My feet have stayed right in his tracks. I have kept his way and not left it,

11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned 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 commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

13 He is of one mind; who can reverse it? What he desires, he does.

13 But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does.

14 He carries out what is decreed for me and can do many similar things with me.

14 For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.

15 Therefore, I am scared by his presence; I think and become afraid of him.

15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of 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 because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.