Then Job
answered
and said,
Even to day
is my complaint
bitter:
my stroke
is heavier
than my groaning.
Oh that
I knew
where I might find
him! that I might come
even to his seat!
I would order
my cause
before
him, and fill
my mouth
with arguments.
I would know
the words
which he would answer
me, and understand
what he would say
unto me.
Will he plead
against
me with his great
power?
No; but he would put
strength in me.
There the righteous
might dispute
with him; so should I be delivered
for ever
from my judge.
Behold, I go
forward,
but he is not there; and backward,
but I cannot perceive
him:
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:
But he knoweth
the way
that I take:
when he hath tried
me, I shall come forth
as gold.
My foot
hath held
his steps,
his way
have I kept,
and not declined.
Neither have I gone back
from the commandment
of his lips;
I have esteemed
the words
of his mouth
more than my necessary
food.
But he is in one
mind, and who can turn
him? and what his soul
desireth,
even that he doeth.
For he performeth
the thing that is appointed
for me: and many
such
things are with him.
Therefore am I troubled
at his presence:
when I consider,
I am afraid
of him.
very earnest
κατασπουδασθῶ
kataspoudasthō
For God
maketh my heart
soft,
and the Almighty
troubleth
me:
Because I was not cut off
before
the darkness,
neither hath he covered
the darkness
from my face.
