Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case before God.
My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God.
Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
Even today is my complaint bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Yea, in the way of Your judgments, O Jehovah, we awaited You; for Your name and for Your memory is the desire of our soul.
Truly You are a God who hides Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
O Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
Since then it remains that some must enter into it, and since they to whom it was first preached did not enter in because of unbelief,