Job 23
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1Job's response was to say:1Then Job answered and said,
2"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning.2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4I would lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with arguments.4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell me.5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me.6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him.8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9If he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, I can't see him. 9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside.11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13"But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do.13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me!14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15That's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about it, I'm afraid of him.15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16God has caused me to faint; the Almighty makes me terrified!16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision." 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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