Job 23:1-12 ▼

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 “Even today my musing 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 arrange my case for justice before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would know the words which He would answer, And discern 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 argue with Him; And I would have escaped forever from my Judge.

8 “Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot discern 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 tested 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 portion of food.