Job 23:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
    when I consider, I am in dread of him.
¹⁶God has made my heart faint;
    the Almighty^[a] has terrified me;
¹⁷If only I could vanish in darkness,
    and thick darkness would cover my face!^[b]

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Job 23:16 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 23:17 Or But I am not destroyed by the darkness; he has concealed the thick darkness from me

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