Job 23  New International Version

² “Even today my complaint^(A) is bitter;^(B)
    his hand^[a] is heavy in spite of^[b] my groaning.^(C)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!^(D)
4 I would state my case^(E) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(F)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,^(G)
    and consider what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he vigorously oppose me?^(H)
    No, he would not press charges against me.^(I)
7 There the upright^(J) can establish their innocence before him,^(K)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(L)

⁸ “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
    if I go to the west, I do not find him.
⁹ When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
    when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.^(M)
10 But he knows the way that I take;^(N)
    when he has tested me,^(O) I will come forth as gold.^(P)
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;^(Q)
    I have kept to his way without turning aside.^(R)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;^(S)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.^(T)

¹³ “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?^(U)
    He does whatever he pleases.^(V)
14 He carries out his decree against me,
    and many such plans he still has in store.^(W)
15 That is why I am terrified before him;^(X)
    when I think of all this, I fear him.^(Y)
16 God has made my heart faint;^(Z)
    the Almighty^(AA) has terrified me.^(AB)
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,^(AC)
    by the thick darkness that covers my face.