23:1	Then Job replied:
23:2	"Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
23:3	If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
23:4	I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5	I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say.
23:6	Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges against me.
23:7	There an upright man could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
23:8	"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
23:9	When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
23:10	But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
23:11	My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
23:12	I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
23:13	"But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
23:14	He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
23:15	That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
23:16	God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
23:17	Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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