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Job 23

Job Says He Longs for God

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Then Job  1replied,

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"Even today my  acomplaint is rebellion;  1His hand is  bheavy despite my groaning.

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"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

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"I would  apresent my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.

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"I would learn the words which He would  1answer, And perceive what He would say to me.

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"Would He contend with me by  athe greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.

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"There the upright would  areason with Him; And I  1would be  bdelivered forever from my Judge.

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"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I  acannot perceive Him;

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When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

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"But He knows the  1way I take; When He has  atried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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"My foot has  aheld fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

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"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the  awords of His mouth  1more than my  2necessary food.

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"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.

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"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.

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"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.

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"It is God who has made my  aheart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,

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But I  aam not silenced by the darkness, Nor  bdeep gloom which covers me.



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