Job 23 / 42
- 1Then Job replied:
- 2"Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
- 3If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
- 4I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- 5I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say.
- 6Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges against me.
- 7There an upright man could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
- 8"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
- 9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
- 10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- 11My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
- 12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
- 13"But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
- 14He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
- 15That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
- 16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
- 17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.