God

For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments.

I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me.

There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

Lo, forward I go--and He is not, And backward--and I perceive him not.

To the left in His working--and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.

For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me--as gold I go forth.

On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

And He is in one mind , And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired--and He doth it .

For He doth complete my portion, And many such things are with Him.

Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes are on their ways.

The rule and fear are with Him, Making peace in His high places.

Is their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure--born of a woman?

Lo--unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.

Naked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.