Job 23:1-12 ▼

1 Then Job answered:

2 Today also my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

3 If only I knew how to find him, so that I could go to his throne.

4 I would plead my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would learn how he would answer me; and understand what he would say to me.

6 Would he prosecute me forcefully? No, he would certainly pay attention to me.

7 Then an upright man could reason with him, and I would escape from my Judge forever.

8 If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.

9 When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him; when he turns south, I cannot find him.

10 Yet he knows the way I have taken; when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

11 My feet have followed in his tracks; I have kept to his way and not turned aside.

12 I have not departed from the commands from his lips; I have treasured the words from his mouth more than my daily food.