Geneva1599 - Job - 23

23:1  Bvt Iob answered and sayd,

23:2  Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,

23:3  Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.

23:4  I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

23:5  I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

23:6  Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.

23:7  There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

23:8  Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:

23:9  If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.

23:10  But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.

23:11  My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.

23:12  Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.

23:13  Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.

23:14  For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.

23:15  Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.

23:16  For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.

23:17  For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.