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1 - Then Job answered, and said:

2 - Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

3 - Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

4 - I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

5 - That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

6 - I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

7 - Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

8 - But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

9 - If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

10 - But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

11 - My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

12 - I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

13 - For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.

14 - And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.

15 - And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him, I am made pensive with fear.

16 - God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.

17 - For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.