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Job’s Eighth Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Job Responds: He Longs for God
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
“My complaint today is still a bitter one,
and I try hard not to groan aloud.
and I try hard not to groan aloud.
Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
If only I knew where to find God,
I would go to his court.
I would go to his court.
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
I would lay out my case
and present my arguments.
and present my arguments.
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
Then I would listen to his reply
and understand what he says to me.
and understand what he says to me.
I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto 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.
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
Honest people can reason with him,
so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
I go east, but he is not there.
I go west, but I cannot find him.
I go west, but I cannot find him.
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive 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.
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.
“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.
But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
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.
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
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.
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.
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.
But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
So he will do to me whatever he has planned.
He controls my destiny.
He controls my destiny.
For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with 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.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
God has made me sick at heart;
the Almighty has terrified me.
the Almighty has terrified me.
For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;