The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
Job Desires to Plead His Case before God |
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Then Job answered and said,
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Even today is my complaint bitter:
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my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
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Oh that I knew where I might find him!
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That I might come even to his seat! |
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I would order my cause before him,
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and fill my mouth with arguments. |
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I would know the words which he would answer me,
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and understand what he would say unto me. |
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Will he plead against me with his great power?
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No; but he would put strength in me. |
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There the righteous might dispute with him;
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so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
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Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
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and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
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on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him:
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he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: |
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but he knoweth the way that I take:
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when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
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My foot hath held his steps,
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his way have I kept, and not declined. |
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Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
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I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
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But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?
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And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
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For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:
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and many such things are with him. |
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Therefore am I troubled at his presence:
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when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
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For God maketh my heart soft,
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and the Almighty troubleth me: |
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because I was not cut off before the darkness,
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neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
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