Job 23:3-17 ▼

3 Who will grant that I might know and find Him, and come unto His seat!

4 I would set forth to his face my case, and my mouth I would fill with arguments.

5 I would know the words He would answer me, and I would understand what He would say to me.

6 In the abundance of strength would He contend with me? No, surely He would set it upon me.

7 There the upright could argue with Him, and I would escape forever from the One judging me.

8 Behold, east I go, and He is not there, and west, and I do not perceive Him.

9 In the north, in His working, I do not behold Him; He turns to the south, and I do not see Him.

10 Yet He knows the way with me; He has tested me, and like gold I will come forth.

11 My foot has held firm by His steps; His way I have kept, and I have not turned aside.

12 And I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; more than my portion I have treasured the words of His mouth.

13 And He is of one, and who can turn Him back? And His soul has desired, and He has done.

14 For He carries out what is appointed for me, and many like these are with Him.

15 Upon thus, I am terrified before His face; I consider this, and I am afraid of Him.

16 And God has softened my heart, and Shaddai has terrified me.

17 For I was not cut off from the face of darkness, and before my face He has covered the dark gloom.