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Job 23

1 Job answered:

1 Job replied:

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

2 "I'm not letting up - I'm standing my ground. My complaint is legitimate. God has no right to treat me like this - it isn't fair!

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

3 If I knew where on earth to find him, I'd go straight to him.

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

4 I'd lay my case before him face-to-face, give him all my arguments firsthand

5 know the words with which he would answer, understand what he would say to me.

5 I'd find out exactly what he's thinking, discover what's going on in his head.

6 Would he contend with me through brute force? No, he would surely listen to me.

6 Do you think he'd dismiss me or bully me? No, he'd take me seriously.

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

7 He'd see a straight-living man standing before him; my Judge would acquit me for good of all charges.

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

8 "I travel East looking for him - I find no one; then West, but not a trace;

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

9 I go North, but he's hidden his tracks; then South, but not even a glimpse.

10 Surely he knows my way; when he tests me, I will emerge as gold.

10 "But he knows where I am and what I've done. He can cross-examine me all he wants, and I'll pass the test with honors.

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

11 I've followed him closely, my feet in his footprints, not once swerving from his way.

12 kept the commandments from his lips and not departed, valued the words from his mouth more than my food.

12 I've obeyed every word he's spoken, and not just obeyed his advice - I've treasured it.

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

13 "But he is singular and sovereign. Who can argue with him? He does what he wants, when he wants to.

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

14 He'll complete in detail what he's decided about me, and whatever else he determines to do

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

15 Is it any wonder that I dread meeting him? Whenever I think about it, I get scared all over again.

16 God has weakened my mind; the Almighty has frightened me.

16 God makes my heart sink! God Almighty gives me the shudders!

17 Still I'm not annihilated by darkness; he has hidden deep darkness from me.

17 I'm completely in the dark, I can't see my hand in front of my face.