1 Then Job answered:
2 Today also my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 If only I knew how to find Him,so that I could go to His throne.
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would learn how He would answer me;and understand what He would say to me.
6 Would He prosecute me forcefully?No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
7 Then an upright man could reason with Him,and I would escape from my Judge forever.
8 If I go east, He is not there,and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.
9 When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;when He turns south, I cannot find Him.
10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
11 My feet have followed in His tracks;I have kept to His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commands of His lips;I have treasured the words of His mouthmore than my daily food.
13 But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?He does what He desires.
14 He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,and He has many more things like these in mind.
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence;when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.