Job 23章 ESV | 微讀聖經

Job Replies: Where Is God?

1Then Job answered and said:

2“Today also my 23:2 ch. 10:1; 21:4complaint is bitter;23:2 Or defiant

my 23:2 [Ps. 32:4]hand is heavy on account of my groaning.

3Oh, 23:3 [ch. 13:3; 16:21] that I knew where I might find him,

that I might come even to his 23:3 [Ps. 9:7, 8; Isa. 57:15, 16]seat!

4I would 23:4 See ch. 33:5lay my case before him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

5I would know what he would answer me

and understand what he would say to me.

6Would he 23:6 [ch. 9:34; 13:21]contend with me in the greatness of his power?

No; he would pay attention to me.

7There an upright man could argue with him,

and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

8“Behold, 23:8 ch. 9:11; 35:14I go forward, but he is not there,

and backward, but I do not perceive him;

9on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;

he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.

10But he 23:10 Ps. 139:1-3knows 23:10 Ps. 139:24the way that I 23:10 [ch. 9:35] take;

when he has 23:10 Ps. 17:3; 26:2; 66:10; 139:23; Zech. 13:9; Mal. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:7; Rev. 3:18; [James 1:12]tried me, I shall come out as gold.

11My foot 23:11 Ps. 17:5; 44:18has held fast to his steps;

I have kept his way and have 23:11 Ps. 125:5not turned aside.

12I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;

I have 23:12 [Ps. 119:11] treasured the words of his mouth more than my 23:12 [Ps. 119:103; John 4:32, 34]portion of food.

13But he is unchangeable,23:13 Or one and 23:13 [ch. 9:12; 12:14] who can turn him back?

What he 23:13 Ps. 115:3desires, that he does.

14For he will complete what he 23:14 [1 Thess. 3:3] appoints for me,

and many such things are 23:14 [ch. 10:13; 27:11]in his mind.

15Therefore I am terrified at his presence;

when I consider, I am in dread of him.

16God has made my 23:16 Deut. 20:3; [Ps. 22:14]heart faint;

the Almighty has terrified me;

17yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,

nor because thick darkness covers my face.

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