7. "There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8. "Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9. When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10. "But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11. "My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12. "I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.