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Then Job answered and said:
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"Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.
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Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
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I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments
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I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.
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Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me.
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There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
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"Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
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When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
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But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
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My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
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I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.