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Job 23

1 Then Job answered and said ,

1 Then Job replied:

2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

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

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

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

4 I would order my cause 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 know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

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

6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

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

7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered 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 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but 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 On the left hand, where he doth work , but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see 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 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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

11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept , and not declined .

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

12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary 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 in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth , even that he doeth .

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

14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: 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 am I troubled at his presence: when I consider , I am afraid of him.

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

16 For God maketh my heart soft , and the Almighty troubleth me:

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

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

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