Job
2 “Today too my complaint is rebellion!
my hand lies heavy on my moans.
3 If only I knew how to find him,
come to his seat!
4 I would formulate my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments;
5 I should find out what points he would make in answer to me,
should see what he would say to me.
6* Would he maintain his contention against me by superior strength?
not he, he would just pay attention to me.
7* There I should have one who was candid arguing with me,
and I should definitively get clear from my judge.
8 Here I go east and he is not there,
and west and I do not perceive him,
9 I look for him in the north and do not behold him,
swing round to the south and do not see him,
11 My foot holds on to his tracks,
I watch his course and do not swerve,
12 From the command of his lips I do not shift,
in my bosom I have laid up the say of his mouth.
14 For he will go through with what he has marked out for me,
and has in store plenty of things like that.
15 That is why I am affrighted at him;
I realize the situation and stand in dread of him,
16 And Deity has unnerved me
and left me terror-struck.