Job

23 Then responded Job and said:—

2 Even to-day is my complaint rebellion? His hand is heavier than my groaning.

3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;

4 I would set out before him a plea, And my mouth would I fill with arguments;

5 I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, And would mark what he would say to me.

6 Would he with fulness of might contend with me? Nay, surely he would give heed to me!

7 There an upright man might reason with him, So should I deliver myself completely from my judge.

8 Behold! eastward I go but he is not there, And westward but I perceive him not;

9 On the north where he worketh but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him.

10 But he knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me as gold I shall come forth.

11 Of his steps my foot taketh hold, His way have I kept and not swerved;

12 The command of his lips and would not go back, And in my bosom have I treasured the words of his lips.

13 But he is one and who can turn him? What his soul desired he hath done.

14 Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, And many such things hath he in store.

15 For this cause from his presence am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

16 Yea God hath made timid my heart, And the Almighty hath put me in terror.

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Nor before my face did the gloom form a shroud.