1Then Job replied again,
2“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly to God;
3I ◄wish that I knew/want to know► where I could meet/talk with him,
4If I could do that, I would tell him why I know that I am innocent;
5Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
6Would he use his great power to argue with me?
7I am ◄an honest/a righteous► man; so I would be able to discuss things with him fairly,
8“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there;
9I have gone north and I have gone south,
10But he knows how I have conducted my life;
11I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me;
12I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded;
13“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him from doing what he desires.
14And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me;
15So I am terrified in his presence;
16Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].
17It is as though there is only thick darkness in front of me,