Job 23
23
Job Says He Longs for God
1Then Job answered and said,
2“Even today my complaint is contentious;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
4“I would present my cause before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5“I would learn the words which He would answer,
And understand what He would say to me.
6“Would He contend against me with His great power?
No, surely He would give attention to me. [Is 27:4, 5; 57:16]
7“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;
So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.
8¶“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there;
I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;
9To the left (north) He turns, but I cannot behold Him;
He turns to the right hand (south), but I cannot see Him.
10“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].
When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous]. [Ps 17:3; 66:10; James 1:12]
11“My feet have carefully followed His steps;
I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
12“I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13“But He is unique and unchangeable, and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.
14“For He performs what is planned (appointed) for me,
And He is mindful of many such things.
15“Therefore I would be terrified at His presence;
When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.
16“For God has made my heart faint,
And the Almighty has terrified me,
17But I am not silenced by the darkness [of these woes that fell on me],
Nor by the thick darkness which covers my face.
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Iyov (Job) 23
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1Then Iyov answered:
2“Today too my complaint is bitter;
my hand is weighed down because of my groaning.
3I wish I knew where I could find him;
then I would go to where he is.
4I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know his answering words
and grasp what he would tell me.
6Would he browbeat me with his great power?
No, he would pay attention to me.
7There an upright person could reason with him;
thus I might be forever acquitted by my judge.
8“If I head east, he isn’t there;
if I head west, I don’t detect him,
9if I turn north, I don’t spot him;
in the south he is veiled, and I still don’t see him.
10Yet he knows the way I take;
when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
11My feet have stayed in his footsteps;
I keep to his way without turning aside.
12I don’t withdraw from his lips’ command;
I treasure his words more than my daily food.
13“But he has no equal, so who can change him?
What he desires, he does.
14He will accomplish what is decreed for me,
and he has many plans like this.
15This is why I am terrified of him;
the more I think about it, the more afraid I am —
16God has undermined my courage;
Shaddai frightens me.
17Yet I am not cut off by the darkness;
he has protected me from the deepest gloom.
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