Job: Chapter 23:1-17 of 42 (KJV)

Pray for God’s Wisdom and Understanding,
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Job Longs to Appear Before God

Job 23:1
Then Job answered and said,

Job 23:2
Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!

Job 23:4
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5
I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Job 23:6
Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.

Job 23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there;] and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Job 23:9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him:] he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him: ]

Job 23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food. ]

Job 23:13
But he [is] in one [mind,] and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.

Job 23:14
For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.

Job 23:15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Job 23:16
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Thanking God for teaching us his Word, Amen.
End of Job Chapter 23/42.