Job 23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he {is} not {there}; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
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Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see {him} not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom {be} honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, {yet} judgment {is} before him; therefore trust thou in him.
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}
Verily thou {art} a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see {him} not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, {having} sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, {yet} judgment {is} before him; therefore trust thou in him.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
When the Almighty {was} yet with me, {when} my children {were} about me;