God

"If you will earnestly seek God and plead for Shaddai's favor,

if you are pure and upright; then he will rouse himself for you and fulfill your needs.

Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of a hypocrite will perish -

"Look, God will not reject a blameless man; nor will he uphold wrongdoers.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

"Indeed, I know that this is so; but how can a human win a case against God?

Whoever might want to argue with him could not answer him one [question] in a thousand.

His heart is so wise, his strength so great -who can resist him and succeed?

"He moves the mountains, although they don't know it, when he overturns them in his anger.

He can go right by me, and I don't see him; he moves past without my being aware of him.

If he kills [people], who will ask why? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?'

God will not withdraw his anger -even Rahav's supporters submit to him.

"How much less can I answer him and select my arguments against him!

If I summoned him, and he answered me, I still can't believe he would listen to my plea.

He could break me with a storm; he could multiply my wounds for no reason,

If it's a matter of force, look how mighty he is; if justice, who can summon him to court?

When disaster brings sudden death, he laughs at the plight of the innocent.

The earth has been given to the power of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges -if it isn't he, then who is it?

then I'm still afraid of all my pain, and I know you will not hold me innocent.

you would plunge me into the muddy pit, till my own clothes would detest me.

"For he is not merely human like me; there is no answer that I could give him if we were to come together in court.

If he would remove his rod from me and not let his terrors frighten me,

then I would speak without fear of him; for when I'm alone, I'm not afraid.

I will say to God, 'Don't condemn me! Tell me why you are contending with me.

Do you gain some advantage from oppressing, from spurning what your own hands made, from shining on the schemes of the wicked?