“1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day [is] my complaint bitter:
my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might
find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! 4 I would order [my]
cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the
words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto
me. 6 Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would
put [strength] in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so
should I be delivered for ever from my judge.”
“8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I
cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I
cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot
see [him]: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried
me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way
have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the
commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more
than my necessary [food].”
“13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his
soul desireth, even [that] he doeth. 14 For he performeth [the thing
that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him. 15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of
him. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered
the darkness from my face.” (Job 23:1-17 AV)
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