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23:1  Then Job answered and said,
23:2  Today I will also speak with bitterness; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
23:3  Oh, that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
23:4  I would order judgment before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5  I would know the words which he would answer me and understand what he would say unto me.
23:6  Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but rather he would put it in me.
23:7  There the righteous might dispute with him; and should I escape for ever from the one who condemns me.
23:8  Behold, I shall go to the east and not find him; and to the west, but I cannot perceive him;
23:9  if he is working to the north, I shall not see him; to the south, he hides himself, that I shall not see him.
23:10  But he has known the way that I take; he has tried me, and I have come forth as gold.
23:11  My feet have held to his steps, I have kept his way, and have not departed.
23:12  Neither have I separated myself from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
23:13  But if he determines something, who can turn him? His soul desired it, and he did it.
23:14  Therefore, he will finish that which is necessary for me; and there are many such things in him.
23:15  Therefore, I shall fear before his face; I shall consider, and I shall fear him.
23:16  For God has made my heart tender, and the Almighty has frightened me.
23:17  Why was I not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered my face with the darkness.