Job 23:1-9; Job 23:16

1 I still rebel and complain against God;

2 I cannot keep from groaning.

3 How I wish I knew where to find him, and knew how to go where he is.

4 I would state my case before him and present all the arguments in my favor

5 I want to know what he would say and how he would answer me.

6 Would God use all his strength against me? No, he would listen as I spoke.

7 I am honest; I could reason with God; he would declare me innocent once and for all.

8 I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West.

9 God has been at work in the North and the South, but still I have not seen him.

16 Almighty God has destroyed my courage. It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid - even though the darkness has made me blind.