Job 23 · Clearspring

Job Longs for God

¹Then Job answered:+ ²“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.+ ³If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.+ ⁴I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.+ ⁵I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.+ ⁶Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.+ ⁷Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.+ ⁸If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.+ ⁹When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.+ ¹⁰Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.+ ¹¹My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.+ ¹²I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.+ ¹³But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.+ ¹⁴For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.+ ¹⁵Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.+ ¹⁶God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.+ ¹⁷Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.’’+

Job Longs for God

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