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23:1  Then Iyov answered and said,
23:2  Even hayom (today) is my complaint bitter; 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 techunah (abode)!
23:4  I would order my mishpat (cause) before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5  I would know the words which He would answer me, and have binah of what He would say unto me.
23:6  Will He contend against me with His great koach? No, but He would pay heed to me.
23:7  There the yashar might dispute with Him; so should I be delivered forever from my Shofet (Judge).
23:8  Hen (behold), I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
23:9  On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him; He hideth himself yamin (on the right hand), that I cannot see Him;
23:10  But He knoweth the derech that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as zahav.
23:11  My regel hath held to His steps, over His way have I been shomer, and not turned aside.
23:12  Neither have I gone back from the mitzvah of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my appointed portion.
23:13  But He stands alone, and who can turn Him? And what His nefesh desireth, even that He doeth.
23:14  For He accomplisheth the thing that is appointed for me; and rabbot (many) such things are with Him.
23:15  Al-ken (therefore) am I troubled at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
23:16  For El maketh my lev dejected, and Shaddai troubleth me,
23:17  Because I was not cut off from before the choshech, neither hath He hidden deep darkness from my face.