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23:1  Then Job replied,
23:2  "Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
23:3  "Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
23:4  "I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5  "I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
23:6  "Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
23:7  "There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
23:8  "Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
23:9  When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
23:10  "But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
23:11  "My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
23:12  "I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
23:13  "But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
23:14  "For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.
23:15  "Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
23:16  "It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
23:17  But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.