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Job 23
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
“Even today my complaint is rebellious.
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Oh that I knew where I might find him!
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
I would set my cause in order before him,
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would know the words which he would answer me,
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
There the upright might reason with him,
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
“If I go east, he is not there.
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
He works to the north, but I can’t see him.
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
But he knows the way that I take.
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
My foot has held fast to his steps.
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
For he performs that which is appointed for me.
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
Therefore I am terrified at his presence.
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.