¹ Then Job replied: ² “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. ³ If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling! ⁴ I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. ⁵ I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me. ⁶ Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me. ⁷ There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge. ⁸ “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.