Job 23:1-12
Authorized (King James) Version
23 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint 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 order my cause before him,
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me,
and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power?
No; but he would put strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him;
so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him:
he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take:
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps,
his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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