Job:23

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