23Job 23

1Then Job answered, and said:Select Job 23:1

2Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.Select Job 23:2

3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?Select Job 23:3

4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.Select Job 23:4

5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.Select Job 23:5

6I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.Select Job 23:6

7Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.Select Job 23:7

8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.Select Job 23:8

9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.Select Job 23:9

10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:Select Job 23:10

11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.Select Job 23:11

12I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.Select Job 23:12

13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.Select Job 23:13

14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.Select Job 23:14

15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him, I am made pensive with fear.Select Job 23:15

16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.Select Job 23:16

17For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.Select Job 23:17