Then Job 1replied
,
"Even today
my acomplaint
is rebellion
; 1His hand
is bheavy
despite
my groaning
.
"Oh that I knew
where I might find
Him, That I might come
to His seat
!
"I would apresent my case
before
Him And fill
my mouth
with arguments
.
"I would learn the words
which He would 1answer
, And perceive
what
He would say
to me.
"Would He contend with me by athe greatness
of His power
? No
, surely
He would pay
attention
to me.
"There the upright
would areason
with Him; And I 1would be bdelivered
forever
from my Judge
.
"Behold, I go
forward
but He is not there, And backward
, but I acannot
perceive
Him;
When He acts on the left
, I cannot
behold
Him; He turns
on the right
, I cannot
see
Him.
"But He knows the 1way
I take
; When He has atried
me, I shall come
forth
as gold
.
"My foot has aheld
fast
to His path
; I have kept
His way
and not turned
aside
.
"I have not departed from the command
of His lips
; I have treasured
the awords
of His mouth
1more
than
my 2necessary
food
.
"But He is unique and who
can turn
Him? And what His soul
desires
, that He does
.
"For He performs what
is appointed
for me, And many
such
decrees are with Him.
"Therefore, I would be dismayed
at His presence
; When I consider
, I am terrified
of Him.
"It is God who has made my aheart
faint
, And the Almighty
who has dismayed
me,
But I aam not silenced by the darkness
, Nor
bdeep gloom
which covers
me.