1<\/sup>Then Job answered, and said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.<\/span> <\/p>\n