'Perceive' in the Bible

“Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

“His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it;Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

“I would learn the words which He would answer,And perceive what He would say to me.

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;