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