Job Chapter 23
Job was all like, "Ayo, I gotta drop some knowledge."
Then Job answered and said,
My vibe's super rough today; this struggle is way heavier than my whining, no cap.
Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}
Honestly, I wish I knew where to catch Him so I could pull up to His crib!
Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat!
I’d lay out my facts and hit Him with some legit points, fr.
I would order {my} cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I’m curious what He’d reply to me and wanna get all the 411.
I would know the words {which} he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Is He gonna come at me hard with His strength? Nah, He’d lift me up instead.
Will he plead against me with {his} great power? No; but he would put {strength} in me.
The righteous can argue with Him, and I’d be off the hook from my judge, periodt.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
I’m trying to push ahead, but He’s ghosting; I glance back and still can’t spot Him.
Behold, I go forward, but he {is} not {there}; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
I peek to the left where He’s grinding, but I can’t catch a sight; He’s dodging on the right.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold {him}: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see {him}:
But He peeps the path I’m on; once He tests me, I’ll shine bright like gold, no cap.
But he knoweth the way that I take: {when} he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. {that...: Heb. that is with me}
I’ve been walking in His footsteps, keeping it true, and not messing up.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
I haven’t strayed from His orders; I treasure His words more than my snacks, fr.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}
He’s got one mindset, and who can change it? Whatever He decides, that’s what happens.
But he {is} in one {mind}, and who can turn him? and {what} his soul desireth, even {that} he doeth.
He’s got my fate secured, and there’s so much more with Him.
For he performeth {the thing that is} appointed for me: and many such {things are} with him.
So yeah, I’m lowkey freaked by His presence; thinking about it makes me uneasy.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
God softens my spirit, and the Almighty keeps me alert.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
I wasn’t pulled away before the dark times came, and He hasn’t blocked it from my view.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, {neither} hath he covered the darkness from my face.