Noyes - Job - 23

23:1  Then Job answered and said:

23:2  Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.

23:3  O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!

23:4  I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;

23:5  I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.

23:6  Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.

23:7  Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.

23:8  But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;

23:9  To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.

23:10  But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

23:11  My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.

23:12  I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.

23:13  But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.

23:14  He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!

23:15  Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.

23:16  For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;

23:17  Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.