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23:1  Then Job answered and said:
23:2  “Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of 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 know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.
23:6  Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me.
23:7  There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
23:8  “Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
23:9  When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
23:10  But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
23:11  My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
23:12  I have not departed from the commandment 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 make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
23:14  For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him.
23:15  Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
23:16  For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me;
23:17  Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.