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57 lines
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# Job 23 (New King James Version)
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Job Proclaims God's Righteous Judgments
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##### Chapter 23
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###### 1 Then Job answered and said:
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###### 2 "Even today my complaint is bitter;
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My hand is listless because of my groaning.
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###### 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
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_That_ I might come to His seat!
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###### 4 I would present _my_ case before Him,
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And fill my mouth with arguments.
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###### 5 I would know the words _which_ He would answer me,
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And understand what He would say to me.
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###### 6 Would He contend with me in His great power?
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No! But He would take _note_ of me.
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###### 7 There the upright could reason with Him,
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And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
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###### 8 "Look, I go forward, but He is not _there,_
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And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
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###### 9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold _Him;_
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When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see _Him._
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###### 10 But He knows the way that I take;
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_When_ He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
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###### 11 My foot has held fast to His steps;
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I have kept His way and not turned aside.
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###### 12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
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I have treasured the words of His mouth
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More than my necessary _food._
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###### 13 "But He _is_ unique, and who can make Him change?
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And _whatever_ His soul desires, _that_ He does.
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###### 14 For He performs _what is_ appointed for me,
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And many such _things are_ with Him.
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###### 15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
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When I consider _this,_ I am afraid of Him.
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###### 16 For God made my heart weak,
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And the Almighty terrifies me;
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###### 17 Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,
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And He did _not_ hide deep darkness from my face.
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