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but he would give heed to me.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>There an upright person could reason with him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>“If I go forward, he is not there;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">or backward, I cannot perceive him;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I turn<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-15499c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> to the right, but I cannot see him.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>But he knows the way that I take;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>My foot has held fast to his steps;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I have kept his way and have not turned aside.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I have treasured in<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-15502d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> my bosom the words of his mouth.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>But he stands alone and who can dissuade him?</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">What he desires, that he does.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>For he will complete what he appoints for me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and many such things are in his mind.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Therefore I am terrified at his presence;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">when I consider, I am in dread of him.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>God has made my heart faint;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the Almighty<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-15506e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> has terrified me;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>If only I could vanish in darkness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and thick darkness would cover my face!<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-15507f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 23:2">Job 23:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Syr Vg Tg: Heb <i>rebellious</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 23:2">Job 23:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Syr: Heb <i>my</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 23:9">Job 23:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Syr Vg: Heb <i>he turns</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 23:12">Job 23:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Vg: Heb <i>from</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 23:16">Job 23:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Traditional rendering of Heb <i>Shaddai</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Job 23:17">Job 23:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>But I am not destroyed by the darkness; he has concealed the thick darkness from me</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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