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Job 23
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God is far off, and evil is victorious
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Job spoke next. He said:
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My lament is still rebellious, that heavy hand of his drags groans from me.
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If only I knew how to reach him, or how to travel to his dwelling!
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I should set out my case to him, my mouth would not want for arguments.
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Then I could learn his defence, every word of it, taking note of everything he said to me.
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Would he use all his strength in this debate with me? No, he would have to give me a hearing.
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He would see he was contending with an honest man, and I should surely win my case.
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If I go eastward, he is not there; or westward – still I cannot see him.
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If I seek him in the north, he is not to be found, invisible still when I turn to the south.
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And yet he knows of every step I take! Let him test me in the crucible: I shall come out pure gold.
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My footsteps have followed close in his, I have walked in his way without swerving;
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I have kept every commandment of his lips, cherishing the words from his mouth in my breast.
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But once he has decided, who can change his mind? Whatever he plans, he carries out.
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No doubt, then, but he will carry out my sentence, like so many other decrees that he has made.
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That is why I am full of fear before him, and the more I think, the greater grows my dread of him.
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God has made my heart sink, Shaddai has filled me with fear.
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For darkness hides me from him, and the gloom veils his presence from me.
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