Job 23:1-9

The Voice

² Job: So once again you are telling me my complaint amounts to rebellion,
        that the heavy hand I feel upon me is smothering my groans?
³     Would that I knew where to find Him.
        I would appear before Him.
⁴     I would lay my case out before Him;
        I would fill up my mouth with arguments.
⁵     And then I would finally learn how He would answer me,
        and I would understand what He tells me.
⁶     Would He oppose me merely with His great power? Surely not!
        Surely He would show me the respect of listening to my argument.
⁷     There, in that courtroom, a moral man might hope to reason with Him,
        and I would escape my Judge forever.

⁸     Alas, wherever I go, ahead or behind,
        He is not there;
        I am unable to find Him.
⁹     When He works on either side of me, I still cannot see Him.
        I catch no glimpse of Him.