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Job 23:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

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“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For wisdom is many-sided. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

Then Job answered:

Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling!

For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

to sit alone in silence when the Lord has imposed it,

Mortal, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes, yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.