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Job Responds: He Longs for God
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
Job Replies: Where Is God?
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his seat!
that I might come even to his seat!
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
and understand what he would say to me.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
No; he would pay attention to me.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there,
and backward, but I do not perceive him;
and backward, but I do not perceive him;
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
For he will complete what he appoints for me,
and many such things are in his mind.
and many such things are in his mind.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
the Almighty has terrified me;