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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[a] has terrified me;
17 If only I could vanish in darkness,
    and thick darkness would cover my face![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:16 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  2. Job 23:17 Or But I am not destroyed by the darkness; he has concealed the thick darkness from me

15 That is why I am terrified before him;(A)
    when I think of all this, I fear him.(B)
16 God has made my heart faint;(C)
    the Almighty(D) has terrified me.(E)
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,(F)
    by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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