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Job|23:1|-|Then Job answered and said,
Job|23:2|-|Today also my complaint is |1|bitter;My stroke is heavy because of my groaning.
Job|23:3|-|Oh that I knew where I might |a|find Him,That I might come to His seat!
Job|23:4|-|I would |a|present my cause in order before Him,And I would fill my mouth with arguments.
Job|23:5|-|I would know the words which He would answer me,And I would understand what He would speak to me.
Job|23:6|-|Would He contend with me in the greatness of His power?No; but He would give heed to me.
Job|23:7|-|There the upright man can argue with Him;So I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Job|23:8|-|Behold, I go |1|forward, but He is not there;And |1|backward, but I do not perceive Him;
Job|23:9|-|To the |1|left, where He acts, but I cannot look on Him;He |a|hides Himself on the |1|right, so I cannot see Him.
Job|23:10|-|But He |a|knows the way that I take;Should He |b|try me, I would come forth as gold.
Job|23:11|-|My foot has held fast to His steps;I have kept His way and have not turned aside.
Job|23:12|-|As for the commandment of His lips, I have not turned back from it;I have treasured the |a|words of His mouth |1|more than my apportioned food.
Job|23:13|-|But He is of one mind, and who can turn Him?And what His soul desires, that will He do.
Job|23:14|-|For He performs what has been appointed to me,And many such things are with Him.
Job|23:15|-|Therefore I am terrified at His presence;I consider and am in dread of Him.
Job|23:16|-|So God has made my heart faint,And the Almighty has terrified me;
Job|23:17|-|Because I was not cut off before the darkness,Nor did He cover the deep darkness from my face.
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