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 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.
Job 23
