Job 23 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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

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

“Oh ^H4310 H5414 that ^H4310 H5414 I knew ^H3045 how ^H3045 to find ^H4672 Him,

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

“I would present ^H6186 my case ^H4941 before ^H6440 Him

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

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

And perceive ^H995 what ^H4100 He would tell ^H559 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 be free ^H6403 of ^H6403 my Judge ^H8199 forever ^H5331.

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

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

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

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

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

When He has put ^H974 me to ^H974 the ^H974 test ^H974, I will come ^H3318 out ^H3318 as gold ^H2091.

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

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

“I have not [fn]failed ^H4185 H4480 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]necessary ^H2706 food ^H2706.

“But He is unique ^H259, and who ^H4310 can [fn]make ^H7725 Him turn ^H7725?

Whatever His soul ^H5315 desires ^H183, He does ^H6213 it.

“For He carries ^H7999 out ^H7999 what ^H2706 is ^H2706 destined ^H2706 for me,

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

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

When I consider ^H995 this, I am frightened ^H6342 of Him.

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

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

But I am not destroyed ^H6789 by darkness ^H2822,

Nor ^H3808 by deep gloom ^H652 which covers ^H3680 me.