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# Chapter 23
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1 Then Job spoke again:
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2 “My complaint today is still a bitter one,
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and I try hard not to groan aloud.
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3 If only I knew where to find God,
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I would go to his court.
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4 I would lay out my case
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and present my arguments.
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5 Then I would listen to his reply
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and understand what he says to me.
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6 Would he use his great power to argue with me?
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No, he would give me a fair hearing.
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7 Honest people can reason with him,
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so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
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8 I go east, but he is not there.
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I go west, but I cannot find him.
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9 I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden.
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I look to the south, but he is concealed.
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10 “But he knows where I am going.
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And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
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11 For I have stayed on God’s paths;
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I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
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12 I have not departed from his commands,
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but have treasured his words more than daily food.
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13 But once he has made his decision, who can change his mind?
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Whatever he wants to do, he does.
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14 So he will do to me whatever he has planned.
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He controls my destiny.
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15 No wonder I am so terrified in his presence.
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When I think of it, terror grips me.
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16 God has made me sick at heart;
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the Almighty has terrified me.
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17 Darkness is all around me;
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thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere. |