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<p class="indent2"> No, He would certainly take note of me. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then an upright man could reason with Him, <p class="indent2"> and I would be delivered forever from my Judge. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If I go east, He is not there, <p class="indent2"> and if I go west, I cannot find Him. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; <p class="indent2"> when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet He knows the way I have taken; <p class="indent2"> when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My feet have followed in His tracks; <p class="indent2"> I have kept His way without turning aside. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I have not departed from the command of His lips; <p class="indent2"> I have treasured the words of His mouth <p class="indent2"> more than my daily bread. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? <p class="indent2"> He does what He desires. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For He carries out His decree against me, <p class="indent2"> and He has many such plans. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore I am terrified in His presence; <p class="indent2"> when I consider this, I fear Him. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>God has made my heart faint; <p class="indent2"> the Almighty has terrified me. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, <p class="indent2"> by the thick darkness that covers my face.</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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