[1] I still rebel and complain against God; I cannot keep from groaning. [3] How I wish I knew where to find him, and knew how to go where he is. [4] I would state my case before him and present all the arguments in my favor. [5] I want to know what he would say and how he would answer me. [6] Would God use all his strength against me? No, he would listen as I spoke. [7] I am honest; I could reason with God; he would declare me innocent once and for all. [8] I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West. [9] God has been at work in the North and the South, but still I have not seen him. [10] Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure. [11] I follow faithfully the road he chooses, and never wander to either side. [12] I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires. [13] He never changes. No one can oppose him or stop him from doing what he wants to do. [14] He will fulfill what he has planned for me; that plan is just one of the many he has; [15] I tremble with fear before him. [16] Almighty God has destroyed my courage. It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid- even though the darkness has made me blind.
