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23:1  The reply of Job:
23:2  “My complaint today is still a bitter one, and my punishment far more severe than my fault deserves.
23:3  Oh, that I knew where to find God—that I could go to his throne and talk with him there.
23:4  I would tell him all about my side of this argument, and listen to his reply, and understand what he wants.
23:5  I would tell him all about my side of this argument, and listen to his reply, and understand what he wants.
23:6  Would he merely overpower me with his greatness? No, he would listen with sympathy.
23:7  Fair and honest men could reason with him and be acquitted by my Judge.
23:8  “But I search in vain. I seek him here, I seek him there and cannot find him.
23:9  I seek him in his workshop in the north but cannot find him there; nor can I find him in the south; there, too, he hides himself.
23:10  But he knows every detail of what is happening to me; and when he has examined me, he will pronounce me completely innocent—as pure as solid gold!
23:11  “I have stayed in God’s paths, following his steps. I have not turned aside.
23:12  I have not refused his commandments but have enjoyed them more than my daily food.
23:13  Nevertheless, his mind concerning me remains unchanged, and who can turn him from his purposes? Whatever he wants to do, he does.
23:14  So he will do to me all he has planned, and there is more ahead.
23:15  “No wonder I am so terrified in his presence. When I think of it, terror grips me.
23:16  God has given me a fainting heart; he, the Almighty, has terrified me with darkness all around me, thick, impenetrable darkness everywhere.
23:17  God has given me a fainting heart; he, the Almighty, has terrified me with darkness all around me, thick, impenetrable darkness everywhere.