8 “Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot discern 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 tested 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 portion of food.