[a]There the righteous might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my Judge.

[b]Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I cannot perceive him:

If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he will hide himself in the South, and I cannot behold him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:7 When he of his mercy hath given strength to maintain their cause.
  2. Job 23:8 Meaning, that if he consider God’s justice, he is not able to comprehend his judgments on what side or what part soever he turneth himself.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

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:

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