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Job 23

1 And Job answereth and saith: --

1 Then Job answered:

2 Also -- to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

2 Today also my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

3 O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

3 If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne.

4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments

4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

5 I would learn how He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me.

6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

6 Would He prosecute me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me.

7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

7 There an upright man could reason with Him, and I would escape from my Judge forever.

8 Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.

9 [To] the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

9 When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way and not turned aside.

12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

12 I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food.

13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth [it].

13 But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him

14 He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind.

15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider [this], I am afraid of Him.

16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

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

17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

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

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