And my familiar friends have forgotten me....

They whom I loved are turned against me....

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends;

For the hand of God hath touched me!”

“O that I knew where I might find Him,

That I might come even to His seat!...

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there;

And backward, but I can not perceive Him;

On the left hand, where He doth work, but I can not behold Him;

He hideth Himself on the right hand, that I can not see Him; |Faith’s Assurance|