LITV - Job - 23

23:1  And Job answered and said:

23:2  Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy over my groaning.

23:3  Oh that I knew where I might find Him, I would come into His seat;

23:4  I would order my cause before Him, and I would fill my mouth with arguments.

23:5  I would know the words He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.

23:6  Would He plead against me with greatness of strength? No, surely He would put it in me.

23:7  There the righteous might reason with Him; and I would be forever delivered from my Judge.

23:8  Behold, I go forward, but He is not there ; and backward, but I do not see Him;

23:9  to the left where He works, but I cannot see; He turns to the right, but I do not see Him .

23:10  But He knows the way with me. When I am tried, I shall come forth as gold.

23:11  My foot has held fast in His steps; I have kept His way and have not turned;

23:12  nor have I departed from the command of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion.

23:13  But He is in one mind , and who can turn Him? Yea, His soul desires, and He does it .

23:14  For He fulfilled my lot, and many like these are with Him.

23:15  On account of this I am troubled from His presence; I consider, and am in dread of Him.

23:16  For God makes my heart weak, and the Almighty troubles me.

23:17  In this I was not cut off by darkness; yea, He covered the thick darkness from my face.