Job 23
1Then Job answered and said, 1
2Even to day is my complaint bitter: 1 My stroke is heavier than my groaning. 1
3O that I knew where I might find him! 1 That I might come even to his seat! 1
4I would order my cause before him, 1 And fill my mouth with arguments. 1
5I would know the words which he would answer me, 1 And understand what he would say unto me. 1
6Will he plead against me with his great power? 1 No; but he would put strength in me. 1
7There the righteous might dispute with him; 1 So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 1
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; 1 And backward, but I cannot perceive him: 1
9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: 1 He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 1
10But he knoweth the way that I take: 1 When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 1
11My foot hath held his steps, 1 His way have I kept, and not declined. 1
12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; 1 I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. 1
13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? 1 And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 1
14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: 1 And many such things are with him. 1
15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: 1 When I consider, I am afraid of him. 1
16For God maketh my heart soft, 1 And the Almighty troubleth me: 1
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, 1 Neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.