| 1 | Then Job answered and said, |
| 2 | Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
| 3 | Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! |
| 4 | I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5 | I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. |
| 6 | Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. |
| 7 | There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
| 8 | Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; |
| 9 | On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. |
| 10 | But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| 11 | My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. |
| 12 | I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| 13 | But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
| 14 | For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. |
| 15 | Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. |
| 16 | For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me; |
| 17 | Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. |
