1   
Then Iob answered, and said,

2   
Euen to day is my complaint bitter: my ^note stroke is heauier then my groning.

3   
O that I knewe where I might find him! that I might come euen to his seate!

4   
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

5   
I would know the words which he would answere me, and vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

6   
Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but hee would put strength in me.

7   
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

8   
Behold, I goe forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceiue him:

9   
On the left hand where hee doeth worke, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himselfe on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

10   
But he knoweth ^note the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11   
My foot hath held his steps, his way haue I kept, and not declined.

The oppression of the wicked.

12   
Neither haue I gone backe from the commaundement of his lippes, ^note I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then ^note my necessary food.

13   
But hee is in one minde, and who can turne him? and what ^note his soule desireth, euen that he doeth.

14   
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for mee: 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 darknes, neither hath he couered the darknes from my face. 460

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