Job 23

Berean Standard Bible

Job Longs for God

2“EvenH1571 todayH3117 my complaintH7879 is bitterH4805.His handH3027 is heavyH3513 despiteH5921 my groaningH585.3If onlyH4310 H5414 I knewH3045 where to find HimH4672,so that I could goH935 toH5704 His seatH8499.4I would pleadH6186 my caseH4941 before HimH6440and fill my mouthH6310 withH4390 argumentsH8433.5I would learnH3045 howH4405 He would answerH6030,and considerH995 whatH4100 He would sayH559.6Would He contendH7378 with meH5978 in His greatH7230 powerH3581?NoH3808, HeH1931 would certainlyH389 takeH7760 note of me.7ThenH8033 an upright manH3477 could reasonH3198 with HimH5973,and I would be deliveredH6403 foreverH5331 from my JudgeH8199.

8IfH2005 I goH1980 eastH6924, He is not thereH369,and if I go westH268, I cannotH3808 findH995 Him.9When He is at workH6213 in the northH8040, I cannotH3808 beholdH2372 Him;when He turnsH5848 to the southH3225, I cannotH3808 seeH7200 Him.10YetH3588 He knowsH3045 the way I have takenH1870 H5978;when He has tested meH974, I will come forthH3318 as goldH2091.11My feetH7272 have followedH270 in His tracksH838;I have keptH8104 His wayH1870 withoutH3808 turning asideH5186.12I have notH3808 departedH4185 from the commandH4687 of His lipsH8193;I have treasuredH6845 the wordsH561 of His mouthH6310more than my daily breadH2706.

13But He is unchangeableH1931 H259, and whoH4310 can oppose HimH7725?He doesH6213 what HeH5315 desiresH183.14ForH3588 He carries outH7999 His decree against meH2706,and He hasH5973 manyH7227 such plans.15ThereforeH5921 H3651 I am terrifiedH926 in His presenceH6440;when I consider thisH995, I fearH6342 HimH4480.16GodH410 has made my heartH3820 faintH7401;the AlmightyH7706 has terrified meH926.17YetH3588 I am notH3808 silencedH6789 byH6440 the darknessH2822,by the thick darknessH652 that coversH3680 my faceH6440.