Holy Scripture
Job 23:16
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“This unexpected disaster, he says, did not happen according to human logic. I discern that this blow comes from the hand of God. And he is right in speaking of the darkness that "covers my face," because this darkness is not ordinary darkness but is of his own dejection.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16But the Lord has softened my heart, And the Almighty has troubled me.
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15Therefore am I troubled at him; And when I was reproved, I thought of him. a Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him.
— Job 23:16 —
17For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, And thick darkness has covered me before my face.