Job Longs for God 1 CPDV Then Job answered by saying: BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 CPDV Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning. BSB BSB: “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
4 CPDV I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism, BSB BSB: I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 CPDV so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me. BSB BSB: I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
6 CPDV I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness. BSB BSB: Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
7 CPDV Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory. BSB BSB: Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
9 CPDV If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him. BSB BSB: When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
10 CPDV Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire. BSB BSB: Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 CPDV My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it. BSB BSB: My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
12 CPDV I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews. BSB BSB: I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
13 CPDV For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes. BSB BSB: But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14 CPDV And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him. BSB BSB: For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
15 CPDV And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear. BSB BSB: Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 CPDV God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me. BSB BSB: God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 CPDV Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face. BSB BSB: Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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