Job 23

And Job answered and said, 2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy upon my groaning. \* 3 Who will give {that} I knew and I would find him? I would come to his place! 4 I would set forth my case to his face, and I would fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and I would perceive what he would say to me. \* 6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of power? No, he would only set upon me. 7 There the upright is arguing with him, and I would escape forever the one judging me. \* 8 Behold, I go to the east, but he is not there, and to the west, but I do not perceive him; 9 in his working in the north, I do not behold {him}; he turns to the south, but I do not see {him}. \* 10 Nevertheless, he knows the way {that is} with me; he has tested me, I have come out like gold. 11 My foot has held onto his step; I have kept {to} his way and I have not turned aside. 12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion. \* 13 But he {is} of one, and who will turn him back? For his soul desires, and he does. 14 For he will carry out my decree, and many like these {are} with him. \* 15 Therefore, I am terrified from his face; I consider, and I am afraid of him. 16 For God has softened my heart, and the Almighty has terrified me. 17 For I was not cut off from the face of the darkness, and from my face gloom covers. \*