³ If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!^(A)
4 I would state my case^(B) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(C)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,^(D)
    and consider what he would say to me.
⁶ Would he vigorously oppose me?^(E)
    No, he would not press charges against me.^(F)
7 There the upright^(G) can establish their innocence before him,^(H)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(I)

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.^(J)

²⁰ “I cry out to you,^(A) God, but you do not answer;^(B)
    I stand up, but you merely look at me.

²⁹ But if he remains silent,^(A) who can condemn him?^(B)
    If he hides his face,^(C) who can see him?
Yet he is over individual and nation alike,^(D)

⁴⁴ You have covered yourself with a cloud^(A)
    so that no prayer^(B) can get through.^(C)