Job 23

1Then Job answered and said, 2Even to day my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! I might come to his seat! 4I would order cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6Will he plead against me with great power? No; but he would put in me. 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8Behold, I go forward, but he not ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see : 10But he knoweth the way that I take: he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary . 13But he in one , and who can turn him? and his soul desireth, even he does. 14For he performeth appointed for me: and many such with him. 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16For Elohim maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, has he covered the darkness from my face.