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Then Job answered and said, |
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Even today is my complaint rebellious: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
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Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! |
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I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
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I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
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Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. |
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There the upright might reason with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
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Behold, I go forward, but he is not {cf15i there}; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
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On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. |
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But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
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My foot hath held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and turned not aside. |
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I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
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But he is in one {cf15i mind}, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
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For he performeth that which is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. |
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Therefore am I troubled at his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
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For God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath troubled me: |
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. |
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