Job:23

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* And Job answered and said , * Even today [is ] my complaint bitter ; my stroke is heavier than my groaning . * Oh that I knew [where ] I might find Him , [that ] I might come even to His seat ! * I would order [my ] cause before Him , and fill my mouth with arguments . * I would know the words [which ] He would answer me , and understand what He would say to me . * Will He plead against me with [His ] great power ? No , surely He would give heed to me . * There the righteous might reason with Him ; and I would be delivered forever from my Judge . * Behold , I go forward , but He is not [there ]; and backward , but I cannot see Him ; * on the left hand , where He works , but I cannot behold Him . He turns to the right , but I do not see [Him ]. * But He knows the way that I take ; [when ] He has tried me , I shall come forth as gold . * My foot has held fast in His steps ; I have kept His way , and have not fallen away ; * nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips ; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion . * But He [is ] in one [mind ], and who can turn Him ? Yea , what His soul desires , He does [it ]. * For He fulfilled my lot , and many [things ] like these are with Him . * Therefore I am troubled at His presence ; when I look , I am afraid of Him . * For God makes my heart soft , and the Almighty troubles me ; * because I was not cut off before the darkness ; yea , He covered the darkness from my face .

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