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Chapter 23 |
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1 | Then Job answered and said, |
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Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my
groaning. |
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| Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come
even to his seat! |
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4 | I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth
with arguments. |
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5 | I would know the words which he would answer me, and
understand what he would say unto me. |
| 6 | Will he plead against me with
his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. |
| 7 | There the
righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my
judge. |
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Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I
cannot perceive him: |
| 9 | On the left hand, where he doth work, but I
cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see
him: |
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But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I
shall come forth as gold. |
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11 | My foot hath held his steps, his way
have I kept, and not declined. |
| 12 | Neither 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 in one mind, and who can turn him?
and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
| 14 | For he
performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with
him. |
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Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am
afraid of him. |
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16 | For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty
troubleth me: |
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17 | Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
