1	Then Job answered# and said# ,
			2	Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier# than my groaning. [stroke: Heb. hand]
			3	Oh that# I knew# where I might find# him! that I might come# even to his seat!
			4	I would order# my cause before him, and fill# my mouth with arguments.
			5	I would know# the words which he would answer# me, and understand# what he would say# unto me.
			6	Will he plead# against me with his great power? No; but he would put# strength in me.
			7	There the righteous might dispute# with him; so should I be delivered# for ever from my judge# .
			8	Behold, I go# forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive# him:
			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 :
			10	But he knoweth# the way that I take: when he hath tried# me, I shall come forth# as gold. [that...: Heb. that is with me]
			11	My foot hath held# his steps, his way have I kept# , and not declined# .
			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 . [esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up] [my...: or, my appointed portion]
			13	But he is in one mind , and who can turn# him? and what his soul desireth# , even that he doeth# .
			14	For he performeth# the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
			15	Therefore am I troubled# at his presence: when I consider# , I am afraid# of him.
			16	For God maketh my heart soft# , and the Almighty troubleth# me:
			17	Because I was not cut off# before the darkness, neither hath he covered# the darkness from my face.