Job’s Defiance Don Francisco

You, my friends, are all my scorners
And it seems your words of wind will have no end
While my adversary charges
Like a monster with its teeth, he tears and rends
My face is streaked with weeping
And the darkness of my death is on my eyes
Like a prey, I've fled and fallen
In the dust I crawl and have no strength to rise

If I've turned my steps to vanity
Or spoken in deceit the words of sin
I would be the first to tell you
And agree that I deserve this pain I'm in
But of sin I am not guilty
And the prayer from deep within my heart is pure
And for as long as life is in me
I will hold that my integrity is sure

I have sensed His sound and shadow
But I turn and look and He's no longer there
In futility I have sought Him
If you know the place He's hiding, tell me where
For if I could only find Him
I would bring my case for justice to His throne
I would lay it all before Him
And my righteousness would once for all be known