2
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Even today is my complaint rebellious and bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
3
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Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat! |
4
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I would lay my cause before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. |
5
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I would learn what He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me. |
6
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Would He plead against me with His great power? No, He would give heed to me. [Isa. 27:4, 5; 57:16.] |
7
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There the righteous [one who is upright and in right standing with God] could reason with Him; so I should be acquitted by my Judge forever. |
8
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Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him; |
9
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On the left hand [and to the north] where He works [I seek Him], but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand [and to the south], but I cannot see Him. |
10
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But He knows the way that I take [He has concern for it, appreciates, and pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I shall come forth as refined gold [pure and luminous]. [Ps. 17:3; 66:10; James 1:12.] |
11
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My foot has held fast to His steps; His ways have I kept and not turned aside. |
12
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I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed and treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. |
13
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But He is unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what He wants to do, that He does. |
14
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For He performs [that which He has] planned for me, and of many such matters He is mindful. |
15
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Therefore am I troubled and terrified at His presence; when I consider, I am in dread and afraid of Him. |
16
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For God has made my heart faint, timid, and broken, and the Almighty has terrified me, |
17
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness [of these woes befell me], neither has He covered the thick darkness from my face. |
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