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23:1  Then Job answered and said,
23:2  “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.
23:3  O that I knew and that I might find him; O that I might come to his dwelling.
23:4  I would lay my case before him, and I would fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5  I want to know the words with which he would answer me, and I want to understand what he would say to me.
23:6  Would he contend with me in the greatness of his strength? No, but he himself would give heed to me.
23:7  There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
23:8  “When I go forward, he is not there, or backward, I cannot see him.
23:9  When he works on the left, I cannot perceive him; he turns to the right, but I cannot see him.
23:10  But he knows the way that I take; he tests me—I shall come out like gold.
23:11  My foot has held on to his steps; I have kept his way, and I have not turned aside.
23:12  From the commandment of his lips, indeed I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.
23:13  “But he is alone, and who can dissuade him? And whatever he desires, indeed, he does it.
23:14  For he will carry out what he appoints for me, and many things like these are with him.
23:15  Therefore, I am horrified because of his presence; when I consider, I tremble because of him.
23:16  Indeed, God has made my heart faint, and Shaddai has terrified me.
23:17  Indeed, I have not been silenced because of darkness, and because of me he conceals thick darkness.