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And Job answered and said, Job 23:1
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Even today is my complaint bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Job 23:2
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Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat! Job 23:3
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I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Job 23:4
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I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me. Job 23:5
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Will He plead against me with His great power? No, surely He would give heed to me. Job 23:6
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There the righteous might reason with Him; and I would be delivered forever from my Judge. Job 23:7
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Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him; Job 23:8
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on the left hand, where He works, but I cannot behold Him. He turns to the right, but I do not see Him. Job 23:9
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But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10
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My foot has held fast in His steps; I have kept His way, and have not fallen away; Job 23:11
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nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion. Job 23:12
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But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? Yea, what His soul desires, He does it. Job 23:13
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For He fulfilled my lot, and many things like these are with Him. Job 23:14
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Therefore I am troubled at His presence; when I look, I am afraid of Him. Job 23:15
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For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me; Job 23:16
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because I was not cut off before the darkness; yea, He covered the darkness from my face. Job 23:17