Job proclaims the righteous judgments of God
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And Job answers and says:
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“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
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O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat,
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I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
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I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me.
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Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
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There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
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Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
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[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
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For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
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My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
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The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion || The sayings of His mouth.
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And He [is] in one [mind], || And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
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For He completes my portion, || And many such things [are] with Him.
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Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
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And God has made my heart soft, || And the Mighty has troubled me.
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For I have not been cut off before darkness, || And before me He covered thick darkness.”
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