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 reason with God.
My friends scorn me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God;
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbour!
Even today is my complaint rebellious: 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 thy judgements, O LORD, have we waited for thee; to thy name and to thy memorial is the desire of our soul.
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O LORD: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,