Then Job
answered and said,
02 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke
is heavier than my groaning.
03 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I
might come even to his seat!
04 I would order my cause before him, and fill my
mouth with arguments.
05 I would know the words which he would answer
me, and understand what he would say unto me.
06 Will he plead against me with his great power?
No; but he would put strength in me.
07 There the righteous might dispute with him; so
should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
08 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and
backward, but I cannot perceive him:
09 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:
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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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