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Job 23

1 Then Job answered and said:

1 Then Job replied:

2 "Even today 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 place 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 of 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.