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Job 23

1 Then Job answered and said,

1 Then Job replied:

2 "Even today my complaint [is] bitter; my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.

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

3 {O that} I knew and [that] I might find him; [O that] I might come to his dwelling.

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

4 I would lay [my] case {before him}, and I would fill my mouth [with] arguments

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

5 I want to know [the] words [with which] he would answer me, and I want to 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 in [the] greatness of [his] strength? No, but he himself would give heed to me.

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

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

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

8 "When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see 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 {When he works} [on the] left, {I cannot perceive} [him]; he turns to [the] right, but 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 knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.

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

11 My foot has held on to his steps; I have kept his way, and I have not turned aside.

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

12 [From] the commandment of his lips, indeed I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily 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] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

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

14 For he will carry out {what he appoints for me}, and many [things] like these [are] with him

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

15 Therefore, I am horrified because of his presence; [when] I consider, I tremble because of him.

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

16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint, and Shaddai has terrified me.

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

17 Indeed, I have not been silenced {because of darkness}, and because of me he conceals thick darkness.

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