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Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
if only I could go to his dwelling!
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say to me.
and consider what he would say to me.
I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Would he vigorously oppose me?
No, he would not press charges against me.
No, he would not press charges against me.
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
He does whatever he pleases.
But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
and many such plans he still has in store.
For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
when I think of all this, I fear him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
the Almighty has terrified me.
For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;