1 Then Job answered,

2 “Even today my complaint is rebellious.

3 Oh that I knew where I might find him!

4 I would set my cause in order before him,

5 I would know the words which he would answer me,

6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?

7 There the upright might reason with him,

8 “If I go east, he is not there.

9 He works to the north, but I can’t see him.

10 But he knows the way that I take.

11 My foot has held fast to his steps.

12 I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips.

13 But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?

14 For he performs that which is appointed for me.

15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence.

16 For God has made my heart faint.

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness,