Job 23 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Then Job answered:

² “I am still complaining today.\par Why? Because I am still suffering.\par

³ I wish I knew where to find God.\par I wish I knew how to go to God!\par

⁴ I would explain to God my story.\par My mouth would be full of arguments\par to show I am innocent.\par

⁵ I want to know how God would\par answer my arguments.\par I want to understand God’s answers.\par

⁶ Would God use his power against me?\par No, he would listen to me!\par

⁷ I am an honest man.\par God would let me tell my story.\par Then my Judge would set me free!\par

⁸ “But if I go to the east,\par God is not there.\par If I go to the west,\par I still don’t see God.\par

⁹ When God is working in the north,\par I don’t see him.\par When God turns to the south,\par I still don’t see him.\par

¹⁰ But God knows me.\par He is testing me and he will see\par that I am as pure as gold.\par

¹¹ I have always lived the way God wants.\par I have never stopped following God.\par

¹² I always obey God’s commands.\par I love the words from God’s mouth\par more than I love my food.\par

¹³ “But God never changes.\par No person can stand against God.\par God does anything he wants.\par

¹⁴ God will do what he planned to me.\par And he has many other plans for me.\par

¹⁵ That is why I am afraid of God.\par I understand these things.\par That is why I am afraid of God.\par

¹⁶ God makes my heart weak,\par and I lose my courage.\par God All-Powerful makes me afraid.\par

¹⁷ The bad things that happened to me\par are like a black cloud over my face.\par But that darkness won’t keep me quiet.\par