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23:1  Then Job answered:
23:2  “Even today my complaint is rebellious; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
23:3  If only I knew where to find Him; if only I could go to His dwelling.
23:4  I would lay out my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5  I would know with what words He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.
23:6  Would He oppose me with great power? No, He would only pay attention to me.
23:7  There the upright can reason with Him, and there I would forever be delivered from my Judge.
23:8  But, if I go to the east, He is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find Him.
23:9  When He is in the north, I cannot perceive Him; When He turns south, I do not see Him.
23:10  Yet He knows the way that I take; if He tested me, I would come out as gold.
23:11  My foot has held closely to His steps; I have kept to His way and have not strayed.
23:12  I have not departed from the commands of His lips. I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
23:13  He is unchangeable, and who can change Him? Whatever His soul desires, He does.
23:14  For He fulfills the decree against me, and many such things are with Him.
23:15  That is why I am terrified at His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
23:16  God has made my heart faint; Shaddai has terrified me.
23:17  Yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor by the thick darkness that covers my face.”