1<\/sup>Then Job answered by saying:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.<\/span> <\/p>\n