The Book of Job 23

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1 Then Job answered and said ⚑

2 Even to day is my complaint bitter my stroke is heavier than my groaning ⚑

3 Oh that I knew where I might find him that I might come even to his seat ⚑

4 I would order my cause before him and fill my mouth with arguments ⚑

5 I would know the words which he would answer me and understand what he would say unto me ⚑

6 Will he plead against me with his great power No but he would put strength in me ⚑

7 There the righteous might dispute with him so should I be delivered for ever from my judge ⚑

8 Behold I go forward but he is not there and backward but I cannot perceive him ⚑

9 On the left hand where he doth work but I cannot behold him he hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him ⚑

10 But he knoweth the way that I take when he hath tried me I shall come forth as gold ⚑

11 My foot hath held his steps his way have I kept and not declined ⚑

12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food ⚑

13 But he is in one mind and who can turn him and what his soul desireth even that he doeth ⚑

14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me and many such things are with him ⚑

15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence when I consider I am afraid of him ⚑

16 For God maketh my heart soft and the Almighty troubleth me ⚑

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness neither hath he covered the darkness from my face ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain