1 Then Job answered and said, VP
2 Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. VP
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! VP
4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. VP
5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. VP
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me. VP
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. VP
8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there] ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: VP
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him] : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him] : VP
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. VP
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. VP
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food] . VP
13 But he [is] in one [mind] , and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth. VP
14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him. VP
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. VP
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: VP
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face. VP