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Job 23:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;

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on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.

When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?—

How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

Lo, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.

Why dost thou stand afar off, O Lord? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.

Truly, thou art a God who hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.