23Job 23

1And Job answereth and saith: --Select Job 23:1

2Also--to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.Select Job 23:2

3O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,Select Job 23:3

4I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments.Select Job 23:4

5I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.Select Job 23:5

6In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me.Select Job 23:6

7There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.Select Job 23:7

8Lo, forward I go--and He is not, And backward--and I perceive him not.Select Job 23:8

9To the left in His working--and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.Select Job 23:9

10For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me--as gold I go forth.Select Job 23:10

11On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,Select Job 23:11

12The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.Select Job 23:12

13And He is in one mind , And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired--and He doth it .Select Job 23:13

14For He doth complete my portion, And many such things are with Him.Select Job 23:14

15Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.Select Job 23:15

16And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.Select Job 23:16

17For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.Select Job 23:17