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Job 23

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  Job longs to appear before God,
6  in confidence of his mercy.
8  God, who is invisible, observes our ways.
11  Job's innocency.
13  God's decree is immutable.
Verse 2

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
my complaint
6:2, 10:1, Lamentations 3:19,20, Psalms 77:2-9
stroke
Heb. hand. heavier.
11:6
Verse 3

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Oh that
13:3, 16:21, 40:1-5, Isaiah 26:8, Jeremiah 14:7
where
Isaiah 55:6,7, 2 Corinthians 5:19,20, Hebrews 4:6
that I might
31:35-37
Verse 4

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
order
13:18, 37:19, Psalms 43:1, Isaiah 43:26
fill my mouth
Genesis 18:25-32, 32:12, Exodus 32:12,13, Numbers 14:13-19, Joshua 7:8,9, Psalms 25:11, Daniel 9:18,19
Verse 5

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
know
10:2, 13:22,23, 42:2-6, 1 Corinthians 4:3,4
Verse 6

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
plead
9:19,33,34, 13:21, Isaiah 27:4,8, Ezekiel 20:33,35
but he would
Psalms 138:3, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10
Verse 7

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
There
Isaiah 1:18, Jeremiah 3:5, 12:1
so should
9:15, Romans 3:19-22, 8:1,33,34
Verse 8

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9:11, Psalms 10:1, 13:1-3, Isaiah 45:15, 1 Timothy 6:16
Verse 9

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:
he hideth himself
Psalms 89:46, Isaiah 8:17
Verse 10

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
he knoweth
Genesis 18:19, 2 Kings 20:3, Psalms 1:6, 139:1-3, John 21:17, 2 Timothy 2:19
the way that I take
Heb. the way that is with me. he hath.
1:11,12, 2:5,6, Deuteronomy 8:2, Psalms 17:3, 66:10, Proverbs 17:3, Zechariah 13:9, Malachi 3:2,3, Hebrews 11:17, James 1:2-4,12, 1 Peter 1:7
I shall
42:5-8
Verse 11

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
My foot
1 Samuel 12:2-5, Psalms 18:20-24, 44:18, Acts 20:18,19,33,34, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Thessalonians 2:10
his way
17:9, Psalms 36:3, 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Luke 8:13-15, Romans 2:7, 2 Peter 2:20-22
Verse 12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Neither
John 6:66-69, 8:31, Acts 14:22, Hebrews 10:38,39, 1 John 2:19
I have esteemed
Heb. hid, or, laid up.
22:22, Psalms 19:9,10, 119:11,103,127, Jeremiah 15:16, John 4:32,34, 1 Peter 2:2
necessary food
or, appointed portion.
Luke 12:42,46
Verse 13

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
who can
9:12,13, 11:10, 12:14, 34:29, Numbers 23:19,20, Ecclesiastes 1:15, 3:14, Romans 9:19, James 1:17
and what
Psalms 115:3, 135:6, Proverbs 19:21, Isaiah 14:24-27, 46:10, Daniel 4:35, Ephesians 1:9-11
Verse 14

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
appointed
7:3, Micah 6:9, 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 5:9, 1 Peter 2:8
many such
Psalms 77:19, 97:2, Isaiah 40:27,28, Romans 11:33
Verse 15

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
3, 10:15, 31:23, Psalms 77:3, 119:120, Habakkuk 3:16
Verse 16

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
For God
Psalms 22:14, Isaiah 6:5, 57:16
Almighty
27:2, Ruth 1:20, Psalms 88:16, Joel 1:15
Verse 17

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
cut off
6:9, 2 Kings 22:20, Isaiah 57:1
the darkness from
15:22, 18:6,18, 19:8, 22:11

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