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