Chapter 23
Then Job answered and said,
2Even to day is my
complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3Oh that I knew
where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with
arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and
understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with
his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for
ever from my judge.
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not
there; and backward, but I cannot perceive 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:
10But he knoweth the
way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have
esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and
what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14For he
performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such
things are with him.
15Therefore am I troubled at his presence:
when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16For God maketh my heart soft, and
the Almighty troubleth me:
17Because I was not cut off before the
darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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