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class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">His<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.23.2.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> hand is heavy despite my groaning.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>If only I knew how to find him,</p><p class="poem">so that I could go to his throne.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I would plead my case before him<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and fill my mouth with arguments.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I would learn how<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.23.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> he would answer me;</p><p class="poem">and understand what he would say to me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Would he prosecute<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> me forcefully?</p><p class="poem">No, he would certainly pay attention to me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then an upright man could reason<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> with him,</p><p class="poem">and I would escape from my Judge<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.23.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> forever.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If I go east, he is not there,</p><p class="poem">and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him;</p><p class="poem">when he turns south, I cannot find him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet he knows the way I have taken;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.23.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">when he has tested me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I will emerge as pure gold.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My feet have followed in his tracks;</p><p class="poem">I have kept to his way<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and not turned aside.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I have not departed from the commands from his lips;</p><p class="poem">I have treasured<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.23.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the words<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from his mouth</p><p class="poem">more than my daily food.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?</p><p class="poem">He does what he desires.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me,</p><p class="poem">and he has many more things like these in mind.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.23.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore I am terrified<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in his presence;</p><p class="poem">when I consider this, I am afraid of him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>God has made my heart faint;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the Almighty has terrified me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.23.17" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet I am not destroyed<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.23.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> by the darkness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.23.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">by the thick darkness that covers my face.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.23" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.23.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.2">23:2</a></span> Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads <span class="italic">rebellion</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.23.2.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.2">23:2</a></span> LXX, Syr; MT reads <span class="italic">My</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.23.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.5">23:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the words</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.23.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.7">23:7</a></span> Or <span class="italic">judgment</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.23.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.10">23:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">way with me</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.23.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.12">23:12</a></span> LXX, Vg read <span class="italic">treasured in my bosom</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.23.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.14">23:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">these with him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.23.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.17">23:17</a></span> Or <span class="italic">silenced</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.23" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.23.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.2">23:2</a></span> Jb 7:11; 10:1; 21:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.4">23:4</a></span> Jb 5:8; 13:18; 35:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.6">23:6</a></span> Jb 13:19; 33:13; Is 45:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.7">23:7</a></span> Jb 13:3,15; 15:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.7">23:7</a></span> Gn 18:25; Is 33:22; Jr 11:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.8">23:8</a></span> Jb 9:11; 35:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.10">23:10</a></span> Ps 17:3; 66:10; 1Pt 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.11">23:11</a></span> Jb 17:9; Ps 17:5; 44:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.12">23:12</a></span> Jb 6:10; 22:22; Ps 119:102–103,111</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.13">23:13</a></span> Ps 115:3; Is 14:27; Dn 4:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.15">23:15</a></span> Jb 4:14; 22:10; 23:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.16">23:16</a></span> Dt 20:3; Is 7:4; Jr 51:46</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.23.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.23.17">23:17</a></span> Jb 19:8; 29:3; 30:26</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.23" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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