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¹ Then Job answered and said: ² "Even today my complaint is bitter;My [fn] hand is listless because of my groaning. ³ Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! ⁴ I would present my case 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 to me. ⁶ Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me. ⁷ There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

⁸ "Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; ⁹ When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him. ¹⁰ But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. ¹¹ My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. ¹² I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.

¹³ "But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does. ¹⁴ For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him. ¹⁵ Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him. ¹⁶ For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me; ¹⁷ Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.