Even to day is my complaint
bitter
: my stroke
is heavier
than my groaning
.
Oh that I knew
where I might find
him! that I might come
even to his seat
!
I would order my cause
before
him, and fill
my mouth
with arguments
.
I would know the words
which he would answer
me, and understand
what he would say
unto me.
Will he plead against
me with his great
power
? No; but he would put
strength in me.
There the righteous might dispute
with him; so should I be delivered
for ever
from my judge
.
Behold, I go forward
, but he is not there ; and backward
, but I cannot perceive
him:
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 knoweth the way
that I take
: when he hath tried
me, I shall come forth
as gold
.
My foot hath held
his steps
, his way
have I kept
, and not declined
.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment
of his lips
; I have esteemed
the words
of his mouth
more than my necessary
food .
But he is in one mind , and who can turn
him? and what his soul
desireth
, even that he doeth
.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed
for me: and many
such
things are with him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence
: when I consider
, I am afraid
of him.
For God maketh my heart
soft
, and the Almighty
troubleth
me:
Because I was not cut off before
the darkness
, neither hath he covered
the darkness
from my face
.