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² Today also my complaint is bitter.^[a](a)
His^[b] 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^(b)
and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ I would learn how^[c] He would answer me;
and understand what He would say to me.
⁶ Would He prosecute^(c) me forcefully?
No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
⁷ Then an upright man could reason^(d) with Him,
and I would escape from my Judge^(e) forever.

⁸ If I go east, He is not there,
and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.^(f)
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;^[d]
when He has tested me,^(g) I will emerge as pure gold.
¹¹ My feet have followed in His tracks;
I have kept to His way^(h) and not turned aside.
¹² I have not departed from the commands of His lips;
I have treasured^[e] the words⁽ⁱ⁾ of His mouth
more than my daily food.

¹³ But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?
He does what He desires.^(j)
14 He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,
and He has many more things like these in mind.^[f]
15 Therefore I am terrified^(k) in His presence;
when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
¹⁶ God has made my heart faint;^(l)
the Almighty has terrified me.
¹⁷ Yet I am not destroyed^[g] by the darkness,^(m)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.