When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him; when he turns south, I cannot find him.
I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for him.
If he passed by me, I wouldn’t see him; if he went by, I wouldn’t recognise him.
If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.
Yet he knows the way I have taken; when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
how much less when you complain that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you are waiting for him.
‘Yet you concealed these thoughts in your heart; I know that this was your hidden plan:
But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty? When he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he watches over both individuals and nations,
Yes, you are a God who hides, God of Israel, Saviour.