³ If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!^(A)

⁸ “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
    if I go to the west, I do not find him.

⁹ When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
    when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.^(A)