Job 23
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1Job's response was to say:1Then Job answered:
2"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning.2"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!
4I would lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with arguments.4I would lay out my case 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 with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me.6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.
7In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him.8"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
9If he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, I can't see him. 9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
10Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
11My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside.11My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.
12I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
13"But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do.13But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.
14He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me!14For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.
15That's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about it, I'm afraid of him.15That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.
16God has caused me to faint; the Almighty makes me terrified!16Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision." 17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.
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