⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
⁹ on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him:
he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
¹⁰ But he knoweth the way that I take:
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
¹¹ My foot hath held his steps,
his way have I kept, and not declined.
¹² Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.