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Job Responds: He Longs for God
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
Job Says He Longs for God
Then Job replied,
Then Job replied,
Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
“Even today my complaint is rebellion;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
That I might come to His seat!
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
“I would present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
And fill my mouth with arguments.
I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
“I would learn the words which He would answer,
And perceive what He would say to me.
And perceive what He would say to me.
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power?
No, surely He would pay attention to me.
No, surely He would pay attention to me.
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
“There the upright would reason with Him;
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
“My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
“I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.
And what His soul desires, that He does.
For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
“For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.
And many such decrees are with Him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;
When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
“It is God who has made my heart faint,
And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
And the Almighty who has dismayed me,