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1 Then Job answered and said,
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2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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3 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.
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6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
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7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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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:
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10 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.
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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.
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13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
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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:
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17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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- 1 Then Job replied,
- 2 “Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
- 3 “Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
- 4 “I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
- 5 “I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
- 6 “Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
- 7 “There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- 8 “Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
- 9 When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
- 10 “But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
- 11 “My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
- 12 “I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
- 13 “But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
- 14 “For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.
- 15 “Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
- 16 “It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
- 17 But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.
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