| Chapter 23
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| 1 | Then Job
answered and said, |
| 2 | Even
to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
| 3 | Oh that I knew where I might
find him! that I might come even to his seat! |
| 4 | I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with
arguments. |
| 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. |
| 8 | Behold, I go forward, but he is not
there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
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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: |
| 10 | But he knoweth the way
that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| 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. |
| 15 | 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: |
| 17 | Because
I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness
from my face. |
