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¹ Then Job answered:

² Today also my complaint is bitter. [1] ⓜ His [2] hand is heavy despite my groaning.

³ If only I knew how to find him, so that I could go to his throne.

⁴ I would plead my case before him ⓝ and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵ I would learn how [3] he would answer me; and understand what he would say to me.

⁶ Would he prosecute ⓐ me forcefully? No, he would certainly pay attention to me.

⁷ Then an upright man could reason ⓑ with him, and I would escape from my Judge [4] ⓒ forever.

⁸ If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him. ⓓ

⁹ When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him; when he turns south, I cannot find him.

¹⁰ Yet he knows the way I have taken; [5] when he has tested me, ⓔ I will emerge as pure gold.

¹¹ My feet have followed in his tracks; I have kept to his way ⓕ and not turned aside.

¹² I have not departed from the commands from his lips; I have treasured [6] the words ⓖ from his mouth more than my daily food.

¹³ But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him? He does what he desires. ⓗ

¹⁴ He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me, and he has many more things like these in mind. [7]

¹⁵ Therefore I am terrified ⓘ in his presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of him.

¹⁶ God has made my heart faint; ⓙ the Almighty has terrified me.

¹⁷ Yet I am not destroyed [8] by the darkness, ⓚ by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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1	Then Job answered:
2	Today also my complaint is bitter. [1] ⓜ His [2] hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3	If only I knew how to find him, so that I could go to his throne.
4	I would plead my case before him ⓝ and fill my mouth with arguments.
5	I would learn how [3] he would answer me; and understand what he would say to me.
6	Would he prosecute ⓐ me forcefully? No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
7	Then an upright man could reason ⓑ with him, and I would escape from my Judge [4] ⓒ forever.
8	If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him. ⓓ
9	When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him; when he turns south, I cannot find him.
10	Yet he knows the way I have taken; [5] when he has tested me, ⓔ I will emerge as pure gold.
11	My feet have followed in his tracks; I have kept to his way ⓕ and not turned aside.
12	I have not departed from the commands from his lips; I have treasured [6] the words ⓖ from his mouth more than my daily food.
13	But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him? He does what he desires. ⓗ
14	He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me, and he has many more things like these in mind. [7]
15	Therefore I am terrified ⓘ in his presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of him.
16	God has made my heart faint; ⓙ the Almighty has terrified me.
17	Yet I am not destroyed [8] by the darkness, ⓚ by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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