Job 23:1-9,16-17

Job 23:1-9
New Living Translation
Job’s Eighth Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
23 Then Job spoke again:

2 “My complaint today is still a bitter one,
    and I try hard not to groan aloud.
3 If only I knew where to find God,
    I would go to his court.
4 I would lay out my case
    and present my arguments.
5 Then I would listen to his reply
    and understand what he says to me.
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me?
    No, he would give me a fair hearing.
7 Honest people can reason with him,
    so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
8 I go east, but he is not there.
    I go west, but I cannot find him.
9 I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden.
    I look to the south, but he is concealed.


Job 23:16-17

16 God has made me sick at heart;
    the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Darkness is all around me;
    thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.