Would he prosecute(A) me forcefully?
No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
Then an upright man could reason(B) with him,
and I would escape from my Judge[a](C) forever.

If I go east, he is not there,
and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.(D)

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  1. 23:7 Or judgment

Would he vigorously oppose me?(A)
    No, he would not press charges against me.(B)
There the upright(C) can establish their innocence before him,(D)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(E)

“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
    if I go to the west, I do not find him.

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