The Book of Job

Job 23:1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 23:2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to His seat!

Job 23:4 I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5 I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.

Job 23:6 Will He plead against me with His great power? No; but He would put strength in me.

Job 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him:

Job 23:9 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:

Job 23:10 But He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11 My foot hath held His steps, His way have I kept, and not declined.

Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

Job 23:13 But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? and what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.

Job 23:14 For He performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with Him.

Job 23:15 Therefore am I troubled at His presence: when I consider, I am afraid of Him.

Job 23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath He covered the darkness from my face.