Job 23 — KJVCP

23Verse 1Then Job answered and said,^{Verse 2}Even to day is my complaint bitter:
My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
^{Verse 3}O that I knew where I might find him!
That I might come even to his seat!
^{Verse 4}I would order my cause before him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
^{Verse 5}I would know the words which he would answer me,
And understand what he would say unto me.^{Verse 6}Will he plead against me with his great power?
No; but he would put strength in me.
^{Verse 7}There the righteous might dispute with him;
So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
^{Verse 8}Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
And backward, but I cannot perceive him:
^{Verse 9}On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him:
He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:^{Verse 10}But he knoweth the way that I take:
When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
^{Verse 11}My foot hath held his steps,
His way have I kept, and not declined.
^{Verse 12}Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
^{Verse 13}But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?
And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.^{Verse 14}For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:
And many such things are with him.
^{Verse 15}Therefore am I troubled at his presence:
When I consider, I am afraid of him.
^{Verse 16}For God maketh my heart soft,
And the Almighty troubleth me:
^{Verse 17}Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
Neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.