Job 23
NASB
Job 23:2
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"Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Job 23:3
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"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
Job 23:4
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"I would present {my} case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
Job 23:5
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"I would learn the words {which} He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
Job 23:6
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"Would He contend with me by the greatness of {His} power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
Job 23:7
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"There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Job 23:8
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"Behold, I go forward but He is not {there,} And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
Job 23:9
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When He acts on the left, I cannot behold {Him;} He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
Job 23:10
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"But He knows the way I take; {When} He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:11
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"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
Job 23:12
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"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Job 23:13
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"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And {what} His soul desires, that He does.
Job 23:14
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"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such {decrees} are with Him.
Job 23:15
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"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; {When} I consider, I am terrified of Him.
Job 23:16
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"{It is} God {who} has made my heart faint, And the Almighty {who} has dismayed me,
Job 23:17
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But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom {which} covers me.
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