Compare: Job 23

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Then Job answered:

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“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

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If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

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I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

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I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

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Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

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Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

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If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

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When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

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Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

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My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

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I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

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But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

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For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

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Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

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God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

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Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.