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Job Says He Longs for God
Then Job replied,
Then Job replied,
Job’s Eighth Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
“Even today my complaint is rebellion;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
“My complaint today is still a bitter one,
and I try hard not to groan aloud.
and I try hard not to groan aloud.
“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
That I might come to His seat!
If only I knew where to find God,
I would go to his court.
I would go to his court.
“I would present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
And fill my mouth with arguments.
I would lay out my case
and present my arguments.
and present my arguments.
“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.
Then I would listen to his reply
and understand what he says to me.
and understand what he says to 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.
Would he use his great power to argue with me?
No, he would give me a fair hearing.
No, he would give me a fair hearing.
“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.
Honest people can reason with him,
so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
I go east, but he is not there.
I go west, but I cannot find him.
I go west, but I cannot find him.
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.
I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden.
I look to the south, but he is concealed.
I look to the south, but he is concealed.
“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.
“But he knows where I am going.
And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
“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.
For I have stayed on God’s paths;
I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
“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.
I have not departed from his commands,
but have treasured his words more than daily food.
but have treasured his words more than daily food.
“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.
But once he has made his decision, who can change his mind?
Whatever he wants to do, he does.
Whatever he wants to do, he does.
“For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.
And many such decrees are with Him.
So he will do to me whatever he has planned.
He controls my destiny.
He controls my destiny.
“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;
When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
No wonder I am so terrified in his presence.
When I think of it, terror grips me.
When I think of it, terror grips me.
“It is God who has made my heart faint,
And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
God has made me sick at heart;
the Almighty has terrified me.
the Almighty has terrified me.