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Job 23:9

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If I go northward, where he is at work, I can’t observe him. If I turn southward, I can’t see him.

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But in your heart you hid these things. I know this is what you did.

⌞I can’t find him⌟ because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.

However, if I go east, he isn’t there. If I go west, I can’t find him.

If he keeps quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him whether it is a nation or a single person?

Although you say that you pay attention to him, your case is in front of him, but you’ll have to wait for him.

He passes alongside of me, and I don’t even see him. He goes past me, and I don’t even notice him.

How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?

Certainly, you are a God who has hidden himself. You are the God of Israel, the Savior!

I will wait for the Lord, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.