“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!
If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.
Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!
He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.