3 O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His  seat,
         
                                
                        4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with]  arguments.
         
                                
                        5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He  saith to me.
         
                                
                        6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No!  surely He putteth [it] in me.
         
                                
                        7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for  ever from my judge.
         
                                
                        8 Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I  perceive him not.
         
                                
                        9 [To] the left in His working -- and I see not, He is  covered [on] the right, and I behold not.