Job 23:8-17 ▼

8 Behold, if he goes before me, I know not; or behind, I cannot perceive him.

9 I seek him on my left hand, but I cannot behold him; then I turn to my right hand, but I cannot see him.

10 But it is he who knows my way and my existence, and has tried me like gold, and I came forth pure.

11 My feet have held firm to his steps, and I have kept his ways.

12 I have not despised the commandments of his lips; neither have I departed from his will, and have kept the words of his mouth.

13 But in return for one of these, what has he granted me? What his soul desires, even that he does.

14 But he performs his covenant; and many such things are with him.

15 Therefore I am fearful at his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him.

16 For God has troubled my heart, and my mind is confused:

17 Because I was not silenced before the darkness, and before the covering of the blackness.