Job 23:1-9 ▼

1 And Job answers and says:

2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.

3 O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat,

4 I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth [with] arguments.

5 I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me.

6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.

7 There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.

8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.

9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.