- "Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
- "There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- "Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
- When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
- "But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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- Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges against me.
- There an upright man could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
- "But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
- When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
- But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
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