Job 23
23
1 THEN JOB answered,
2 Even today is my complaint rebellious and bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
4 I would lay my cause before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would learn what He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.
6 Would He plead against me with His great power? No, He would give heed to me. [Isa. 27:4, 5; 57:16.]
7 There the righteous [one who is upright and in right standing with God] could reason with Him; so I should be acquitted by my Judge forever.
8 Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him;
9 On the left hand [and to the north] where He works [I seek Him], but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand [and to the south], but I cannot see Him.
10 But He knows the way that I take [He has concern for it, appreciates, and pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I shall come forth as refined gold [pure and luminous]. [Ps. 17:3; 66:10; James 1:12.]
11 My foot has held fast to His steps; His ways have I kept and not turned aside.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed and treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13 But He is unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what He wants to do, that He does.
14 For He performs [that which He has] planned for me, and of many such matters He is mindful.
15 Therefore am I troubled and terrified at His presence; when I consider, I am in dread and afraid of Him.
16 For God has made my heart faint, timid, and broken, and the Almighty has terrified me,
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness [of these woes befell me], neither has He covered the thick darkness from my face.
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Job 23
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Job’s Argument with God
1Then Job answered:
2“Even today my complaint is rebellious; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find Him; if only I could go to His dwelling.
4I would lay out my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know with what words He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.
6Would He oppose me with great power? No, He would only pay attention to me.
7There the upright can reason with Him, and there I would forever be delivered from my Judge.
8But, if I go to the east, He is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find Him.
9When He is in the north, I cannot perceive Him; When He turns south, I do not see Him.
10Yet He knows the way that I take; if He tested me, I would come out as gold.
11My foot has held closely to His steps; I have kept to His way and have not strayed.
12I have not departed from the commands of His lips. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
13He is unchangeable, and who can change Him? Whatever His soul desires, He does.
14For He fulfills the decree against me, and many such things are with Him.
15That is why I am terrified at His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16God has made my heart faint; Shaddai has terrified me.
17Yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor by the thick darkness that covers my face.”
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