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XXIII] Job answered and said,
 * Even to day is my complaint bitter:
 * My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
 * Oh that I knew where I might find him!
 * That I might come even to his seat!
 * I would order my cause before him,
 * And fill my mouth with arguments.
 * I would know the words which he would answer me.
 * And understand what he would say unto me.
 * Will he plead against me with his great power?
 * No; but he would put strength in me.
 * There the righteous might dispute with him;
 * So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
 * Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
 * And backward, but I cannot perceive him:
 * 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:
 * But he knoweth the way that I take:
 * When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
 * My foot hath held his steps,
 * His way have I kept, and not declined.
 * Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
 * I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.