Job 23
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[an error occurred while processing this directive]New American Standard Bible 1995
1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1Then Job replied,
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2"Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4"I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5"I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6"Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7"There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10"But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]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[an error occurred while processing this directive]13"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16"It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.
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