Job 23

^{Job 23:1} Then Job answered:

^{Job 23:2} “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

^{Job 23:3} If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

^{Job 23:4} I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

^{Job 23:5} I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

^{Job 23:6} Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

^{Job 23:7} Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

^{Job 23:8} If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

^{Job 23:9} When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

^{Job 23:10} Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

^{Job 23:11} My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

^{Job 23:12} I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

^{Job 23:13} But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

^{Job 23:14} For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

^{Job 23:15} Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

^{Job 23:16} God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

^{Job 23:17} Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.