[1] Then Job replied,
[2] “Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
[3] Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
[4] I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
[5] I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
[6] Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
[7] There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
[8] Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
[9] When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
[10] But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
[11] My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
[12] I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
[13] But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
[14] For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.
[15] Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
[16] It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
[17] But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.”