Job 23
23
Job
1-2I still rebel and complain against God;
I can't hold back my groaning.
3How I wish I knew where to find him,
and knew how to go where he is.
4I would state my case before him
and present all the arguments in my favour.
5I want to know what he would say
and how he would answer me.
6Would God use all his strength against me?
No, he would listen as I spoke.
7I am honest; I could reason with God;
he would declare me innocent#23.7 he would declare me innocent; or then my rights would be safe. once and for all.
8I have searched in the east, but God is not there;
I have not found him when I searched in the west.
9God has been at work in the north and the south,
but still I have not seen him.
10Yet God knows every step I take;
if he tests me, he will find me pure.
11I follow faithfully the road he chooses,
and never wander to either side.
12I always do what God commands;
I follow his will, not my own desires.
13He never changes. No one can oppose him
or stop him from doing what he wants to do.
14He will fulfil what he has planned for me;
that plan is just one of the many he has;
15I tremble with fear before him.
16-17Almighty God has destroyed my courage.
It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid —
even though the darkness has made me blind.
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Job 23
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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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