4 I would lay my case before him, and I would fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I want to know the words with which he would answer me, and I want to understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his strength? No, but he himself would give heed to me.
7 There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 “When I go forward, he is not there, or backward, I cannot see him.
9 When he works on the left, I cannot perceive him; he turns to the right, but I cannot see him.
10 But he knows the way that I take; he tests me—I shall come out like gold.