23:1 約伯回答說：
23:2 如今我的哀告還算為悖逆；我的責罰比我的唉哼還重。
23:3 惟願我能知道在哪裡可以尋見上帝，能到他的臺前，
23:4 我就在他面前將我的案件陳明，滿口辯白。
23:5 我必知道他回答我的言語，明白他向我所說的話。
23:6 他豈用大能與我爭辯嗎？必不這樣！他必理會我。
23:7 在他那裡正直人可以與他辯論；這樣，我必永遠脫離那審判我的。
23:8 只是，我往前行，他不在那裡，往後退，也不能見他。
23:9 他在左邊行事，我卻不能看見，在右邊隱藏，我也不能見他。
23:10 然而他知道我所行的路；他試煉我之後，我必如精金。
23:11 我腳追隨他的步履；我謹守他的道，並不偏離。
23:12 他嘴唇的命令，我未曾背棄；我看重他口中的言語，過於我需用的飲食。
23:13 只是他心志已定，誰能使他轉意呢？他心裡所願的，就行出來。
23:14 他向我所定的，就必做成；這類的事他還有許多。
23:15 所以我在他面前驚惶；我思念這事便懼怕他。
23:16 上帝使我喪膽；全能者使我驚惶。
23:17 我的恐懼不是因為黑暗，也不是因為幽暗蒙蔽我的臉。
Then Job replied:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter;
his
hand[a] is heavy in spite of[b] my groaning.
3 If only I knew where
to find him;
if
only I could go to his dwelling!
4 I would state my case
before him
and
fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would find out what
he would answer me,
and
consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously
oppose me?
No,
he would not press charges against me.
7 There the upright can
establish their innocence before him,
and
there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if
I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in
the north, I do not see him;
when
he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10 But he knows the way
that I take;
when
he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 My feet have closely
followed his steps;
I
have kept to his way without turning aside.
12 I have not departed
from the commands of his lips;
I
have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He
does whatever he pleases.
14 He carries out his
decree against me,
and
many such plans he still has in store.
15 That is why I am
terrified before him;
when
I think of all this, I fear him.
16 God has made my heart
faint;
the
Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not silenced
by the darkness,
by
the thick darkness that covers my face.
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約伯心裡是敬畏上帝的，而且是尊主為大的，正如在這裡他說明自己是如何的敬畏上帝：「我腳追隨他的步履；我謹守他的道，並不偏離。他嘴唇的命令，我未曾背棄；我看重他口中的言語，過於我需用的飲食。」
約伯這樣說的意義，就是敬畏上帝的基本就是：看重上帝的話語遵行上帝的命令！若是不以上帝的話為中心，而以自以為是的想法為中心，則是很可怕的！因為我們的心早就被罪惡所汙染，已經對不準上帝的心意，除非透過上帝明確的啟示，也就是祂的話！也因為如此，我們需要聖靈來開啟我們的心，好明白上帝的話語－－聖經。
然而這個世代已經漸漸忘記上帝話（聖經）語的重要性，仍然受到一些人認為是先知的影響，認為他們講的是上帝的話語、上帝的啟示，取代了聖經的地位，忘記當初宗教改革的精神，不在以「惟獨聖經」的精神建立信仰，於是教會的信徒又處在不可確定得當中，不敢把握聖靈在心中內住的引導，於是失去以基督為中心的信仰，成為飄忽不定的隨機主義者，這是多麼可惜啊！
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