Job 23:1
And Job answereth and saith: --
Job 23:2
Also--to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
Job 23:3
O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Job 23:4
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments.
Job 23:5
I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
Job 23:6
In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me.
Job 23:7
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Job 23:8
Lo, forward I go--and He is not, And backward--and I perceive him not.
Job 23:9
To the left in His working--and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.
Job 23:10
For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me--as gold I go forth.
Job 23:11
On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Job 23:12
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Job 23:13
And He is in one mind , And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired--and He doth it .
Job 23:14
For He doth complete my portion, And many such things are with Him.
Job 23:15
Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Job 23:16
And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
Job 23:17
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.