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# Chapter 23
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1 Then Job answered:
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2 Today also my complaint is bitter.
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His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
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3 If only I knew how to find him,
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so that I could go to his throne.
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4 I would plead my case before him
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and fill my mouth with arguments.
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5 I would learn how he would answer me;
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and understand what he would say to me.
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6 Would he prosecute me forcefully?
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No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
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7 Then an upright man could reason with him,
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and I would escape from my Judge forever.
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8 If I go east, he is not there,
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and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.
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9 When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him;
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when he turns south, I cannot find him.
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10 Yet he knows the way I have taken;
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when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
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11 My feet have followed in his tracks;
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I have kept to his way and not turned aside.
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12 I have not departed from the commands from his lips;
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I have treasured the words from his mouth
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more than my daily food.
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13 But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?
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He does what he desires.
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14 He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me,
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and he has many more things like these in mind.
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15 Therefore I am terrified in his presence;
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when I consider this, I am afraid of him.
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16 God has made my heart faint;
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the Almighty has terrified me.
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17 Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,
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by the thick darkness that covers my face. |