Job 23

Then Job answered,

“Even today my complaint is rebellious.

Oh that I knew where I might find him!

I would set my cause in order before him,

I would know the words which he would answer me,

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

There the upright might reason with him,

“If I go east, he is not there.

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

But he knows the way that I take.

My foot has held fast to his steps.

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

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?

For he performs that which is appointed for me.

Therefore I am terrified at his presence.

For God has made my heart faint.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness,