Job 23:1-17
23 Job said in reply:
2 “Even today I will complain stubbornly;*+My strength is exhausted because of my sighing.
3 If only I knew where to find God!+
I would go to his place of dwelling.+
4 I would present my case before himAnd fill my mouth with arguments;
5 I would learn how he would answer meAnd take note of what he says to me.
6 Would he contend with me using his great power?
No, surely he would give me a hearing.+
7 There the upright one could set matters straight with him,And I would be acquitted once and for all by my Judge.
8 But if I go east, he is not there;And I return and I cannot find him.
9 When he is working on the left, I cannot look upon him;Then he turns to the right, but I still do not see him.
10 But he knows the path I have taken.+
After he has tested me, I will come out as pure gold.+
11 My feet have closely followed his footsteps;I have kept to his way without deviating.+
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips.
I have treasured up his sayings+ even more than what was required of me.*
13 When he is determined, who can resist him?+
When he* wants to do something, he does it.+
14 For he will carry out completely what has been determined* for me,And he has many such things in store.
15 That is why I am anxious because of him;When I think about him, my fear grows.
16 God has made me fainthearted,And the Almighty has made me afraid.
17 But I have not yet been silenced by the darknessNor by the gloom that has covered my face.
Footnotes
^ Or “my complaint is rebellious.”
^ Or “prescribed for me.”
^ Or “his soul.”
^ Or “prescribed.”