Job Chapter 23 (NKJV)
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1. Then Job answered and said | |
2. Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning. | |
3. Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! | |
4. I would present my case 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 to me. | |
6. Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me. | |
7. There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. | |
8. Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; | |
9. When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him. | |
10. But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. | |
11. My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. | |
12. I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food. | |
13. But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does. | |
14. For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him. | |
15. Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him. | |
16. For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me; | |
17. Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did not hide deep darkness from my face. |
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