1 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Today also myrch. 10:1; 21:4 complaint is bitter;1Or defiant
mys[Ps. 32:4] hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
3 Oh,t[ch. 13:3; 16:21] that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to hisu[Ps. 9:7, 8; Isa. 57:15, 16] seat!
4 I wouldvSee ch. 33:5 lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would hew[ch. 9:34; 13:21] contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
7 There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 Behold,xch. 9:11; 35:14 I go forward, but he is not there,
and backward, but I do not perceive him;
9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
10 But heyPs. 139:1-3 knowszPs. 139:24 the way that Ia[ch. 9:35] take;
when he hasbPs. 17:3; 26:2; 66:10; 139:23; Zech. 13:9; Mal. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:7; Rev. 3:18; [James 1:12] tried me, I shall come out as gold.
11 My footcPs. 17:5; 44:18 has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and havedPs. 125:5 not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I havee[Ps. 119:11] treasured the words of his mouth more than myf[Ps. 119:103; John 4:32, 34] portion of food.
13 But he is unchangeable,1Or one andg[ch. 9:12; 12:14] who can turn him back?
What hehPs. 115:3 desires, that he does.
14 For he will complete what hei[1 Thess. 3:3] appoints for me,
and many such things arej[ch. 10:13; 27:11] in his mind.
15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
16 God has made mykDeut. 20:3; [Ps. 22:14] heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
17 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.