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Job 23

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1 Then Job answered:

2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.TOSKJob 23:2

3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.TOSKJob 23:3

4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.TOSKJob 23:4

5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.TOSKJob 23:5

6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.TOSKJob 23:6

7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.TOSKJob 23:7

8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.TOSKJob 23:8

9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.TOSKJob 23:9

10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.TOSKJob 23:10

11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.TOSKJob 23:11

12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.TOSKJob 23:12

13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.TOSKJob 23:13

14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.TOSKJob 23:14

15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.TOSKJob 23:15

16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.TOSKJob 23:16

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.TOSKJob 23:17