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Job Responds: He Longs for God
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments
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 to His seat!
That I might come to His seat!
I would order my 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 which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
I would know the words which 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 His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
No! But He would take note of me.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
“Look, 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 cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot 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 tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
When He has tested me, I shall come forth 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 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 esteemed 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, even that he doeth.
“But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
And many such things are with Him.
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 this, I am afraid of Him.
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
For God made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
And the Almighty terrifies me;