² “Today also my ^(A)complaint is bitter;^[a]
    my ^(B)hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
³ Oh, ^(C)that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his ^(D)seat!
⁴ I would ^(E)lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵ I would know what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he ^(F)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.
⁷ There an upright man could argue with him,
    and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

⁸ “Behold, ^(G)I go forward, but he is not there,
    and backward, but I do not perceive him;
⁹ on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
    he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
¹⁰ But he ^(H)knows ^(I)the way that I ^(J)take;
    when he has ^(K)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
¹¹ My foot ^(L)has held fast to his steps;
    I have kept his way and have ^(M)not turned aside.
¹² I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
    I have ^(N)treasured the words of his mouth more than my ^(O)portion of food.
¹³ But he is unchangeable,^[b] and ^(P)who can turn him back?
    What he ^(Q)desires, that he does.
¹⁴ For he will complete what he ^(R)appoints for me,
    and many such things are ^(S)in his mind.
¹⁵ Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
    when I consider, I am in dread of him.
¹⁶ God has made my ^(T)heart faint;
    the Almighty has terrified me;
¹⁷ yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
    nor because thick darkness covers my face.

24 “Why are ^(U)not times of judgment ^(V)kept by the Almighty,
    and why do those who know him never see his ^(W)days?
² Some move ^(X)landmarks;
    they seize flocks and pasture them.
³ They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
    they ^(Y)take the widow's ox for a pledge.
⁴ They ^(Z)thrust the poor off the road;
    the poor of the earth ^(AA)all hide themselves.
⁵ Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert
    the poor^{[c] (AB)}go out to their toil, ^(AC)seeking game;
    the wasteland yields food for their children.
⁶ They gather their^[d] fodder in the field,
    and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
⁷ They ^(AD)lie all night naked, without clothing,
    and have no covering in the cold.
⁸ They are wet with the rain of the mountains
    and ^(AE)cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
⁹ (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
    and they take a pledge against the poor.)
¹⁰ They go about naked, without clothing;
    hungry, they ^(AF)carry the sheaves;
¹¹ among the olive rows of the wicked^[e] they make oil;
    they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.
¹² From out of the city the dying^[f] groan,
    and the soul of ^(AG)the wounded cries for help;
    yet God charges no one with ^(AH)wrong.

^4 (A)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    ^(B)break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
⁵ Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the ^(C)sound of melody!
⁶ With ^(D)trumpets and the sound of ^(E)the horn
    ^(F)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

^7 (G)Let the sea roar, and ^(H)all that fills it;
    ^(I)the world and those who dwell in it!
⁸ Let the rivers ^(J)clap their hands;
    let ^(K)the hills sing for joy together
⁹ before the Lord, for he comes
    to ^(L)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
    and the peoples with equity.