1 Then Job replied,
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“Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
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-“Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
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-“I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
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-“I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
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-“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
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-“There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
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“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
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When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
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-“But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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-“My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
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-“I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
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-“But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
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-“For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.
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-“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
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-“It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
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But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.
1. Then Job replied,
2.
“Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3.
-“Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
4.
-“I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
5.
-“I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
6.
-“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
7.
-“There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8.
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9.
When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10.
-“But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11.
-“My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12.
-“I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13.
-“But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
14.
-“For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.
15.
-“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
16.
-“It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
17.
But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.
