Chapter 23 Then Job answered and said,
So should I be delivered forever 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.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?
And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
For he performeth a thing that is appointed for me, and many such things are
with him.
Therefore I am troubled at his presence.
When I consider, I am afraid of him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the
darkness from my face.