Job 23:1
Then Job answered:
Job 23:2
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Job 23:3
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
Job 23:4
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job 23:5
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Job 23:6
Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
Job 23:7
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Job 23:8
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
Job 23:9
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
Job 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Job 23:11
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Job 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
Job 23:14
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
Job 23:15
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Job 23:16
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Job 23:17
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.