Job - 23

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1 A nd Job answereth and saith: --

2 A lso -- to-day my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

3 O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill arguments.

5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

6 I n the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth in me.

7 T here the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

8 L o, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

9 t he left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered the right, and I behold not.

10 F or He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

11 O n His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

12 T he command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

13 A nd He in one, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth.

14 F or He doth complete my portion, And many such things with Him.

15 T herefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

16 A nd God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

17 F or I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.