1-2 I still rebel and complain against God;

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.

16-17 Almighty God has destroyed my courage.

It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid—

even though the darkness has made me blind.