1Then Job answered and said,
2Today I will also speak with bitterness; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3Oh, that I knew where I might find him! [That] I might come [even] to his seat!
4I would order judgment before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words [which] he would answer me and understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No, but rather he would put it in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; and should I escape for ever from the one who condemns me.
8Behold, I shall go to the east and not find him; and to the west, but I cannot perceive him;
9if he is working to the north, I shall not see him; to the south, he hides himself, that I shall not see [him].
10But he has known the way that I take; he has tried me, and I have come forth as gold.
11My feet have held to his steps, I have kept his way, and have not departed.
12Neither have I separated myself from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
13But if he determines something, who can turn him? His soul desired [it], and he did [it].
14Therefore, he will finish that which is necessary for me; and [there are] many such things in him.
15Therefore, I shall fear before his face; I shall consider, and I shall fear him.
16For God has made my heart tender, and the Almighty has frightened me.
17Why was I not cut off before the darkness, [neither] has he covered my face with the darkness.: