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