Job 23 LSV

1. And job answers and says:

2. “Also—today my complaint is bitter, my hand has been heavy because of my sighing.

3. O that I had known—and I find Him, i come to His seat,

4. I arrange the cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

5. I know the words He answers me, and understand what He says to me.

6. Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts it in me.

7. There the upright reason with Him, and I escape from mine who is judging—forever.

8. Behold, I go forward—and He is not, and backward—and I do not perceive Him.

9. To the left in His working—and I do not see, he is covered on the right, and I do not behold.

10. For He has known the way with me, he has tried me—I go forth as gold.

11. My foot has laid hold on His step, i have kept His way, and do not turn aside,

12. The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion the sayings of His mouth.

13. And He is in one mind, and who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does it.

14. For He completes my portion, and many such things are with Him.

15. Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

16. And God has made my heart soft, and the Mighty has troubled me.

17. For I have not been cut off before darkness, and before me He covered thick darkness.”