Job 23:1 ASV: 


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Job 23:1: 
Then Job answered and said,

Job 23:2: 
Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:3: 
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

Job 23:4: 
I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5: 
I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

Job 23:6: 
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

Job 23:7: 
There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 23:8: 
Behold, I go forward, but he is not `there'; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

Job 23:9: 
On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

Job 23:10: 
But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11: 
My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

Job 23:12: 
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Job 23:13: 
But he is in one `mind', and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Job 23:14: 
For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

Job 23:15: 
Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.

Job 23:16: 
For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

Job 23:17: 
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.