However, if I go east, he isn’t there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
If I go northward, where he is at work, I can’t observe him. If I turn southward, I can’t see him.
If he keeps quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him whether it is a nation or a single person?
Although you say that you pay attention to him, your case is in front of him, but you’ll have to wait for him.
He passes alongside of me, and I don’t even see him. He goes past me, and I don’t even notice him.
Why are you so distant, Lord? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
You are all around me—in front of me and in back of me. You lay your hand on me.
Certainly, you are a God who has hidden himself. You are the God of Israel, the Savior!
He is the only one who cannot die. He lives in light that no one can come near. No one has seen him, nor can they see him. Honor and power belong to him forever! Amen.
