23:1   I still rebel and complain against God; I cannot keep from groaning.

23:2   (SEE 23:1)

23:3   How I wish I knew where to find him, and knew how to go where he is.

23:4   I would state my case before him and present all the arguments in my favor.

23:5   I want to know what he would say and how he would answer me.

23:6   Would God use all his strength against me? No, he would listen as I spoke.

23:7   I am honest; I could reason with God; he would declare me innocent once and for all.

23:8   I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West.

23:9   God has been at work in the North and the South, but still I have not seen him.

23:10   Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure.

23:11   I follow faithfully the road he chooses, and never wander to either side.

23:12   I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.

23:13   He never changes. No one can oppose him or stop him from doing what he wants to do.

23:14   He will fulfill what he has planned for me; that plan is just one of the many he has;

23:15   I tremble with fear before him.

23:16   Almighty God has destroyed my courage. It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid--- even though the darkness has made me blind.

23:17   (SEE 23:16)