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² "Even today my complaint is bitter;
my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.
³ O that^[b] I knew and that I might find him;
O that I might come to his dwelling.
⁴ I would lay my case before him,^[c]
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^[d] 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,^[e]
or^[f] backward, I cannot see him.^[g]
9 When he works^[h] on the left, I cannot perceive^[i] him;
he turns to the right, but^[j] I cannot see him.
¹⁰ But he knows the way that I take;^[k]
he tests me—I shall come out like gold.
¹¹ My foot has held on to his steps;
I have kept his way, and I have not turned aside.
¹² From the commandment of his lips, indeed^[l] I have not departed;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.
¹³ "But^[m] he is alone,^[n] and who can dissuade him?
And whatever he desires,^[o] indeed,^[p] he does it.
¹⁴ For he will carry out what he appoints for me,^[q]
and many things like these are with him.
¹⁵ Therefore, I am horrified because of his presence;
when I consider, I tremble^[r] because of him.
¹⁶ Indeed,^[s] God has made my heart faint,
and Shaddai has terrified me.
¹⁷ Indeed, I have not been silenced because of darkness,^[t]
and because of me he^[u] conceals thick darkness.