Job Says He Longs for God
1 Then Job replied,
2 “Even today my complaint is rebellion;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 “Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 “I would presentmycase before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 “I would learn the wordswhichHe would answer,
And perceive what He would say to me.
6 “Would He contend with me by the greatness ofHispower?
No, surely He would pay attention to me.
7 “There the upright would reason with Him;
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Behold, I go forward but He is notthere,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He acts on the left, I cannot beholdHim;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10 “But He knows the way I take;
WhenHe has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 “My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 “I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13 “But He is unique and who can turn Him?
AndwhatHis soul desires, that He does.
14 “For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many suchdecreesare with Him.
15 “Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;
WhenI consider, I am terrified of Him.
16 “It isGodwhohas made my heart faint,
And the Almightywhohas dismayed me,
17 But I am not silenced by the darkness,
Nor deep gloomwhichcovers me.
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