1 Then Job answered:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning. | TOSK |
3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. | TOSK |
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. | TOSK |
5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. | TOSK |
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me. | TOSK |
7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge. | TOSK |
8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. | TOSK |
9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him. | TOSK |
10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. | TOSK |
11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside. | TOSK |
12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread. | TOSK |
13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires. | TOSK |
14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans. | TOSK |
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him. | TOSK |
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. | TOSK |
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face. | TOSK |