[1]Then JobH347answeredH6030[H8799]H559and saidH8799[2]Even to dayH3117is my complaintH7879bitterH4805: my strokeH3027is heavierH3513[H8804]than my groaningH585.[3]Oh thatH5414[H8799]I knewH3045[H8804]where I might findH4672[H8799]him! that I might comeH935[H8799]even to his seatH8499![4]I would orderH6186[H8799]my causeH4941beforeH6440him, and fillH4390[H8762]my mouthH6310with argumentsH8433.[5]I would knowH3045[H8799]the wordsH4405which he would answerH6030[H8799]me, and understandH995[H8799]what he would sayH559unto meH8799.[6]Will he pleadH7378[H8799]againstH5978me with his greatH7230powerH3581? No; but he would putH7760strength in meH8799.[7]There the righteousH3477might disputeH3198[H8737]with him; so should I be deliveredH6403[H8762]for everH5331from my judgeH8199.[H8802][8]Behold, I goH1980[H8799]forwardH6924, but he is not there; and backwardH268, but I cannot perceiveH995himH8799:[9]On the left handH8040,where he doth workH6213[H8800], but I cannot beholdH2372[H8799]him: he hidethH5848[H8799]himself on the right handH3225, that I cannot seeH7200himH8799:[10]But he knowethH3045[H8804]the wayH1870that I takeH5978: when he hath triedH974[H8804]me, I shall come forthH3318[H8799]as goldH2091.[11]My footH7272hath heldH270[H8804]his stepsH838, his wayH1870have I keptH8104[H8804], and not declinedH5186.[H8686][12]Neither have I gone backH4185[H8686]from the commandmentH4687of his lipsH8193; I have esteemedH6845[H8804]the wordsH561of his mouthH6310more than my necessary foodH2706.[13]But he is in oneH259mind, and who can turnH7725[H8686]him? and what his soulH5315desirethH183[H8765], even that he doethH6213.[H8799][14]For he performethH7999[H8686]the thing that is appointedH2706for me: and manyH7227such things are with himH2007.[15]Therefore am I troubledH926[H8735]at his presenceH6440: when I considerH995[H8709], I am afraidH6342of himH8799.[16]For GodH410maketh my heartH3820softH7401[H8689], and the AlmightyH7706troublethH926meH8689:[17]Because I was not cut offH6789[H8738]beforeH6440the darknessH2822, neither hath he coveredH3680[H8765]the darknessH652from my faceH6440.