Job 23:1-12

Job 1Then Job replied:

2“Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me is heavy in spite of Or heavy on me in my groaning.

3If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

4I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.

6Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.

7There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.

8“But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.

12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.