| 1 | Then Job answered, and said: |
| 2 | Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning. |
| 3 | Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? |
| 4 | I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. |
| 5 | That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. |
| 6 | I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness. |
| 7 | Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory. |
| 8 | But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. |
| 9 | If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him. |
| 10 | But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire: |
| 11 | My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it. |
| 12 | I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. |
| 13 | For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done. |
| 14 | And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him. |
| 15 | And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear. |
| 16 | God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me. |
| 17 | For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face. |
