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Job.
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Chapter 23.
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Then Job answered,
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“Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
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I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.
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Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.
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There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
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“If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
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He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.
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But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
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My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.
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I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
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For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.
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Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
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For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
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