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Chapter 23
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Then Job answered and said, |
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Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier
than my groaning. |
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might
come even to his seat! |
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I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth
with arguments. |
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I would know the words which he would answer me, and
understand what he would say unto me. |
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Will he plead against me with his great power? No;
but he would put strength in me. |
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should
I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
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Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward,
but I cannot perceive him: |
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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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But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried
me, I shall come forth as gold. |
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My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and
not declined. |
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Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his
lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than
my necessary food. |
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But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what
his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
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For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:
and many such things are with him. |
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Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider,
I am afraid of him. |
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For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth
me: |
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither
hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
