1 Then Job answered by saying:
2 Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.
3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?
4 I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
5 so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.
6 I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.
7 Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.