The Inaccessibility and Power of God

23:8 “If I go to the east, he is not there,

and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

23:9 In the north14 when he is at work,15

I do not see him;16

when he turns17 to the south,

I see no trace of him.

23:10 But he knows the pathway that I take;18

if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.19

23:11 My feet20 have followed21 his steps closely;

I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.22

23:12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;

I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.23

23:13 But he is unchangeable,24 and who can change25 him?

Whatever he26 has desired, he does.

23:14 For he fulfills his decree against me,27

and many such things are his plans.28

23:15 That is why I am terrified in his presence;

when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

23:16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint;29

the Almighty has terrified me.

23:17 Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness,

because of the thick darkness

that covered my face.30