Job 23

1 And Job answereth and saith: —YLT — Job 23:1

2 Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.YLT — Job 23:2

3 O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,YLT — Job 23:3

4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.YLT — Job 23:4

5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.YLT — Job 23:5

6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.YLT — Job 23:6

7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.YLT — Job 23:7

8 Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.YLT — Job 23:8

9 [To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.YLT — Job 23:9

10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.YLT — Job 23:10

11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,YLT — Job 23:11

12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.YLT — Job 23:12

13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].YLT — Job 23:13

14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.YLT — Job 23:14

15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.YLT — Job 23:15

16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.YLT — Job 23:16

17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.YLT — Job 23:17