CPDV - Job - 23

23:1  Then Job answered by saying:

23:2  Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.

23:3  Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?

23:4  I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,

23:5  so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.

23:6  I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.

23:7  Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.

23:8  If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.

23:9  If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.

23:10  Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.

23:11  My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.

23:12  I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.

23:13  For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.

23:14  And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.

23:15  And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.

23:16  God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.

23:17  Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.