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Job 23:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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

How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?

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

I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.