8However, if I go east, he isn't there. If I go west, I can't find him. 9If I go northward, where he is at work, I can't observe him. If I turn southward, I can't see him. 10[I can't find him] because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I'll come out as pure as gold. 11I have followed his footsteps closely. I have stayed on his path and did not turn from it. 12I have not left his commands behind. I have treasured his words in my heart. 13"But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants! 14He will carry out [his] orders concerning me as he does with so many other things. 15That is why I'm terrified of him. When I think of it, I'm afraid of him. 16God has discouraged me. The Almighty has filled me with terror. 17But I am not silenced by the dark or by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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