<!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1013324">Job</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1013897">Chapter 23</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1013866">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1013915">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Job's Response</em></p><ul class="scripturelog_verse_list"><li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013898">1</a>. THEN Job answered and said,</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013899">2</a>. Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013900">3</a>. Oh that I knew where I might find him!  that I might come even to his seat!</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013901">4</a>. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013902">5</a>. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013903">6</a>. Will he plead against me with his great power?  No; but he would put strength in me.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013904">7</a>. There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013905">8</a>. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013906">9</a>. 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:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013907">10</a>. But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013908">11</a>. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013909">12</a>. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013910">13</a>. But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?  and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013911">14</a>. For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013912">15</a>. Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013913">16</a>. For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1013914">17</a>. Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.</li>
</ul><!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1013324">Job</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1013897">Chapter 23</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1013866">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1013915">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/job/23">View Job Chapter 23 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>