The Holy Bible
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Job 23 : 1 - 17
Chapter 23
1 | Then Job answered and said:
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2 | "Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.
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3 | Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
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4 | I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
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5 | I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.
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6 | Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me.
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7 | There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
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8 | "Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
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9 | When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
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10 | But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
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11 | My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
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12 | I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.
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13 | "But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
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14 | For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him.
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15 | Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
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16 | For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me;
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17 | Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.
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