1. Then Job spoke again:
2. “My complaint today is still a bitter one,and I try hard not to groan aloud.
3. If only I knew where to find God,I would go to his court.
4. I would lay out my caseand present my arguments.
5. Then I would listen to his replyand understand what he says to me.
6. Would he use his great power to argue with me?No, he would give me a fair hearing.
7. Honest people can reason with him,so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
8. I go east, but he is not there.I go west, but I cannot find him.
9. I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden.I look to the south, but he is concealed.
10. “But he knows where I am going.And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
11. For I have stayed on God’s paths;I have followed his ways and not turned aside.