Job 23 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

“Even ^H1571 today ^H3117 my musing ^H7879 is rebellion ^H4805;

[fn]His hand ^H3027 is ^H3513 heavy ^H3513 despite ^H5921 my groaning ^H585.

“Oh ^H4310 H5414 that I knew ^H3045 where I might find ^H4672 Him,

That I might come ^H935 to His seat ^H8499!

“I would arrange ^H6186 my case for justice ^H4941 before ^H6440 Him

And fill ^H4390 my mouth ^H6310 with arguments ^H8433.

“I would know ^H3045 the words ^H4405 which He would [fn]answer ^H6030,

And discern ^H995 what ^H4100 He would say ^H559 to me.

“Would He contend ^H7378 with me by the greatness ^H7230 of His power ^H3581?

No ^H3808, surely ^H389 He would pay ^H7760 attention ^H7760 to me.

“There ^H8033 the upright ^H3477 would argue ^H3198 with Him;

And I [fn]would have escaped ^H6403 forever ^H5331 from my Judge ^H8199.

“Behold ^H2005, I go ^H1980 forward ^H6924 but He is not there,

And backward ^H268, but I cannot ^H3808 discern ^H995 Him;

When He acts ^H6213 on the left ^H8040, I cannot ^H3808 behold ^H2372 Him;

He turns ^H5848 on the right ^H3225, I cannot ^H3808 see ^H7200 Him.

“But He knows ^H3045 the [fn]way ^H1870 I take ^H5973;

When He has tested ^H974 me, I shall come ^H3318 forth ^H3318 as gold ^H2091.

“My foot ^H7272 has held ^H270 fast ^H270 to His path ^H838;

I have kept ^H8104 His way ^H1870 and not turned ^H5186 aside ^H5186.

“I have not departed ^H4185 from the command ^H4687 of His lips ^H8193;

I have treasured ^H6845 the words ^H561 of His mouth ^H6310 [fn]more ^H4480 than ^H4480 my [fn]portion ^H2706 of food.

“But He is unique ^H259 and who ^H4310 can turn ^H7725 Him?

And what His soul ^H5315 desires ^H183, that He does ^H6213.

“For He performs ^H7999 what ^H2706 is ^H2706 apportioned ^H2706 for me,

And many ^H7227 such ^H1992 decrees are with Him.

“Therefore ^H5921 H3651, I would be dismayed ^H926 at His presence ^H6440;

I carefully ^H995 consider ^H995, and I am in dread ^H6342 of Him.

“It is God ^H410 who has made my heart ^H3820 faint ^H7401,

And the Almighty ^H7706 who has dismayed ^H926 me,

But I am not silenced ^H6789 by the darkness ^H2822,

Nor ^H3808 thick ^H652 darkness ^H652 which covers ^H3680 me.