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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. |