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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Even today my complaint is bitter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.23.2"><span class="content">his hand</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:2 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/&#160;the hand on me</span></span></span><span class="content"> is heavy in spite of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">heavy on me in</span></span></span><span class="content"> my groaning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If only I knew where to find him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.23.3"><span class="content">if only I could go to his dwelling!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I would state my case before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.23.4"><span class="content">and fill my mouth with arguments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I would find out what he would answer me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.23.5"><span class="content">and consider what he would say to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Would he vigorously oppose me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.23.6"><span class="content">No, he would not press charges against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.23.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There the upright can establish their innocence before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.23.7"><span class="content">and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if I go to the east, he is not there;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.23.8"><span class="content">if I go to the west, I do not find him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.23.9"><span class="content">when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But he knows the way that I take;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.23.10"><span class="content">when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My feet have closely followed his steps;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.23.11"><span class="content">I have kept to his way without turning aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I have not departed from the commands of his lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.23.12"><span class="content">I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.23.13"><span class="content">He does whatever he pleases.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He carries out his decree against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.23.14"><span class="content">and many such plans he still has in store.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is why I am terrified before him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.23.15"><span class="content">when I think of all this, I fear him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">God has made my heart faint;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.23.16"><span class="content">the Almighty has terrified me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.23.17"><span class="content">by the thick darkness that covers my face.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.24.1"><span class="content">Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There are those who move boundary stones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.24.2"><span class="content">they pasture flocks they have stolen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They drive away the orphan&#8217;s donkey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.24.3"><span class="content">and take the widow&#8217;s ox in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They thrust the needy from the path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.24.4"><span class="content">and force all the poor of the land into hiding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Like wild donkeys in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="content">the poor go about their labor of foraging food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="content">the wasteland provides food for their children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They gather fodder in the fields</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.24.6"><span class="content">and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.24.7"><span class="content">they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are drenched by mountain rains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.24.8"><span class="content">and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.24.9"><span class="content">the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Lacking clothes, they go about naked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.24.10"><span class="content">they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They crush olives among the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.24.11"><span class="content">they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The groans of the dying rise from the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.24.12"><span class="content">and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.24.12"><span class="content">But God charges no one with wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;There are those who rebel against the light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.24.13"><span class="content">who do not know its ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.24.13"><span class="content">or stay in its paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.24.14"><span class="content">kills the poor and needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.24.14"><span class="content">and in the night steals forth like a thief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.24.15"><span class="content">he thinks, &#8216;No eye will see me,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.24.15"><span class="content">and he keeps his face concealed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In the dark, thieves break into houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.24.16"><span class="content">but by day they shut themselves in;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.24.16"><span class="content">they want nothing to do with the light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For all of them, midnight is their morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.24.17"><span class="content">they make friends with the terrors of darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet they are foam on the surface of the water;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.24.18"><span class="content">their portion of the land is cursed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.24.18"><span class="content">so that no one goes to the vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.24.19"><span class="content">so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The womb forgets them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.24.20"><span class="content">the worm feasts on them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.24.20"><span class="content">the wicked are no longer remembered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.24.20"><span class="content">but are broken like a tree.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They prey on the barren and childless woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.24.21"><span class="content">and to the widow they show no kindness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But God drags away the mighty by his power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.24.22"><span class="content">though they become established, they have no assurance of life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He may let them rest in a feeling of security,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.24.23"><span class="content">but his eyes are on their ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.24.24"><span class="content">they are brought low and gathered up like all others;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.24.24"><span class="content">they are cut off like heads of grain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;If this is not so, who can prove me false</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.24.25"><span class="content">and reduce my words to nothing?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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