Job 23:1-9 ▼

1 Then Job answered by saying:

2 Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.

3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?

4 I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,

5 so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.

6 I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.

7 Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.

8 If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.

9 If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.