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Job Replies: Where Is God?
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# Chapter 23
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1. Then Job answered and said:
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2. "Today also my complaint is bitter;
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my hand is heavy on account 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 even to his seat!
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4. I would lay my case before him
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and fill my mouth with arguments.
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5. I would know what 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 the greatness of his power?
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No; he would pay attention to me.
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7. There an upright man could argue with him,
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and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
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8. "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there,
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and backward, but I do not perceive him;
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9. on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
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he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
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10. But he knows the way that I take;
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when he has tried me, I shall come out 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 have 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 more than my portion of food.
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13. But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back?
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What he desires, that he does.
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14. For he will complete what he appoints for me,
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and many such things are in his mind.
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15. Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
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when I consider, I am in dread 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 silenced because of the darkness,
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nor because thick darkness covers my face.
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