Job:23

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* Then Job answered and said , * Even to day 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 unto me . * Will he plead against me with his great power ? No ; but he would put strength in me . * There the righteous might dispute with him ; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge . * Behold , I go forward , but he is not there ; and backward , but I cannot perceive him : * On the left hand s @mo #wl #, where he doth work , but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand , that I cannot see him : * But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me , I shall come forth as gold . * My foot hath held his steps , his way have I kept , and not declined . * Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food . * But he is in one mind , and who can turn him ? and what his soul desireth , even that he doeth . * For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me : and many such things are with him . * Therefore am I troubled at his presence : when I consider , I am afraid of him . * For God maketh my heart soft , and the Almighty troubleth me : * Because I was not cut off before the darkness , neither hath he covered the darkness from my face .

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