Job 23

1 And Job answered and said,

约伯回答说：

2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

如今我的哀告还算为悖逆； 我的责罚比我的唉哼还重。

3 Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!

惟愿我能知道在哪里可以寻见 神， 能到他的台前，

4 I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;

我就在他面前将我的案件陈明， 满口辩白。

5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

我必知道他回答我的言语， 明白他向我所说的话。

6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

他岂用大能与我争辩吗？ 必不这样！他必理会我。

7 There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

在他那里正直人可以与他辩论； 这样，我必永远脱离那审判我的。

8 Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

只是，我往前行，他不在那里， 往后退，也不能见他。

9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.

他在左边行事，我却不能看见， 在右边隐藏，我也不能见他。

10 But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

然而他知道我所行的路； 他试炼我之后，我必如精金。

11 My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

我脚追随他的步履； 我谨守他的道，并不偏离。

12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

他嘴唇的命令，我未曾背弃； 我看重他口中的言语，过于我需用的饮食。

13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

只是他心志已定，谁能使他转意呢？ 他心里所愿的，就行出来。

14 For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.

他向我所定的，就必做成； 这类的事他还有许多。

15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.

所以我在他面前惊惶； 我思念这事便惧怕他。

16 For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;

神使我丧胆； 全能者使我惊惶。

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

我的恐惧不是因为黑暗， 也不是因为幽暗蒙蔽我的脸。