Job 23
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Then Job answered and said: |
| 2 | Even to-day is my complaint bitter; My hand is become heavy because of my groaning. |
| 3 | Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come even to His seat! |
| 4 | I would order my cause 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 His great 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 turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him. |
| 10 | For 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 at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth. . |
| 14 | For He will perform that which is appointed for me; And many such things are with Him. |
| 15 | Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; When I consider, I am afraid of Him. |
| 16 | Yea, God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath affrighted me; |
| 17 | Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face. |