Job

Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

23 Then Job answered:

2 Today also my complaint is bitter. His  hand is heavy despite my groaning.3 If only I knew how to find Him,so that I could go to His throne.4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.5 I would learn how A He would answer me;and understand what He would say to me.6 Would He prosecute  me forcefully?No, He will certainly pay attention to me.7 Then an upright man could reason  with Him,and I would escape from my Judge  forever.

8† If I go east, He is not there,and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him. 9 When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;when He turns south, I cannot find Him.10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; Bwhen He has tested me,  I will emerge as pure gold.11 My feet have followed in His tracks;I have kept to His way  and not turned aside.12 I have not departed from the commands of His lips;I have treasured  the words  of His mouthmore than my daily food.

13 But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?He does what He desires. 14 He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,and He has many more things like these in mind. C15 Therefore I am terrified  in His presence;when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.16 God has made my heart faint; the •Almighty has terrified me.17 Yet I am not destroyed D by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.