Job 23

¹But Job answering, said:

²Now also my talk is in bitterness, and the hand of my plague is aggravated upon my mourning.

³Who will grant me that I may know and find him, & come even to his throne?

⁴I will set judgement before him, and will fill my mouth with accusations.

⁵That I may know the words that he will answer me, and understand what he will speak to me.

⁶I will not that he contend with me with much strength, nor that he oppress me with the weight of his greatness.

⁷Let him propose equity against me, and my judgment shall come to victory.

⁸If I shall go to the East, he appeareth not: if to the West, I shall not understand him.

⁹If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not apprehend him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

¹⁰But he knoweth my way, and hath proved me as gold that passeth through the fire:

¹¹My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, & have not declined out of it.

¹²From the commandments of his lips I have not departed, and I have hid the words of his mouth in my bosom.

¹³For he is alone, and no man can turn away his cogitation: and whatsoever his soul would, that hath he done.

¹⁴And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other things also are at hand with him.

¹⁵And therefore I am troubled at his face, and considering him I am made pensive with fear.

¹⁶God hath mollified my heart, and the Omnipotent hath troubled me.

¹⁷For I have not perished because of the imminent darkness, neither hath the mist covered my face.