Job 23
1Then Job answered and said, 1
2Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; 1 And his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. 1
3Who would then know that I might find him, 1 And come to an end of the matter? 1
4And I would plead my own cause, 1 And he would fill my mouth with arguments. 1
5And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, 1 And I would perceive what he would tell me. 1
6Though he should come on me in his great strength, 1 Then he would not threaten me; 1
7For truth and reproof are from him; 1 And he would bring forth my judgment to an end. 1
8For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, 1 Still what do I know concerning the latter end? 1
9When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed it not: 1 His right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it. 1
10For he knows already my way; 1 And he has tried me as gold. 1
11And I will go forth according to his commandments, 1 For I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments, 1
12Neither shall I transgress; 1 But I have hidden his words in my bosom. 1
13And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, 1 For he has both willed a thing and done it. 1
15a Therefore let me take good heed before him: 1 I will consider, and be afraid of him. 1
16But the Lord has softened my heart, 1 And the Almighty has troubled me. 1
17For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, 1 And thick darkness has covered me before my face.