5. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6. Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7. There the righteous might reason with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge.
8. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9. On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10. But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11. My foot has held fast to his steps, his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
12. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.