023:001

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning

023:002

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat

023:003

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments

023:004

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me

023:005

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me

023:006

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge

023:007

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him

023:008

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him

023:009

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold

023:010

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined

023:011

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food

023:012

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth

023:013

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him

023:014

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him

023:015

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me

023:016

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face