Job 23.8
English standard version

Intervention n° 8 de Job

¹ Then Job answered and said:
² Today also my complaint is bitter;
my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
³ Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his seat!
⁴ I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
⁷ There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there,
and backward, but I do not perceive him;
⁹ on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
¹⁰ But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
¹¹ My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
¹² I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
¹³ But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back?
What he desires, that he does.
¹⁴ For he will complete what he appoints for me,
and many such things are in his mind.
¹⁵ Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
¹⁶ God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
¹⁷ yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.