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		Job 23:1 Then Job answered and said,
		Job 23:2 "Even today my complaint is contentious; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
		Job 23:3 "Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might [even] come to His seat!
		Job 23:4 "I would present my cause before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
		Job 23:5 "I would learn the words which He would answer, And understand what He would say to me.
		Job 23:6 "Would He contend against me with His great power? No, surely He would give attention to me. [Is 27:4, 5; 57:16]
		Job 23:7 "There the righteous and upright could reason with Him; So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.
		Job 23:8 ¶ "Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there; I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;
		Job 23:9 To the left (north) He turns, but I cannot behold Him; He turns to the right hand (south), but I cannot see Him.
		Job 23:10 "But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous]. [Ps 17:3; 66:10; James 1:12]
		Job 23:11 "My feet have carefully followed His steps; I have kept His ways and not turned aside.
		Job 23:12 "I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
		Job 23:13 "But He is unique and unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
		Job 23:14 "For He performs what is planned (appointed) for me, And He is mindful of many such things.
		Job 23:15 "Therefore I would be terrified at His presence; When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.
		Job 23:16 "For God has made my heart faint, And the Almighty has terrified me,
		Job 23:17 But I am not silenced by the darkness [of these woes that fell on me], Nor by the thick darkness which covers my face.

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