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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Job answered: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence! |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face. |
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