1Then Job answered and said:
2“Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy upon my groaning.
3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his dwelling place!
4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would learn the words with which he would answer me and understand what he would say to me.
6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, surely he would give heed to me.
7There an upright man could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him.
9On the left when he works, I cannot behold him; he turns to the right, but I do not see him.
10For he knows the way that is with me; when he has tested me, I will come forth like gold.
11My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and not turned aside.
12From the command of his lips I have not departed; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my own portion.
13But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What his soul desires, that he does.
14For he will complete what is decreed for me, and many such things are with him.
15Therefore I am terrified before his face; when I consider, I dread him.
16God has made my heart faint, and the Almighty has terrified me.
17For I was not silenced before the darkness, and thick gloom he covered from before me.
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