13 But He is unique, and who can [a]make Him turn?
Whatever His soul desires, He does it.
14 For He carries out what is destined for me,
And many such destinies are with Him.
15 Therefore, I would be terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am frightened of Him.
16 It is God who has made my (A)heart faint,
And the Almighty who has terrified me,
17 But I (B)am not destroyed by darkness,
Nor by (C)deep gloom which covers me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:13 Or deprive Him of anything

Dread

13 He is of one mind; who can reverse it?
    What he desires, he does.
14 He carries out what is decreed for me
    and can do many similar things with me.
15 Therefore, I am scared by his presence;
    I think and become afraid of him.
16 God has weakened my mind;
    the Almighty has frightened me.
17 Still I’m not annihilated by darkness;
    he has hidden deep darkness from me.

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