Job 23
1 Then Job answered, and said:
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
| גם-היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על-אנחתי |
3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
| מי-יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד-תכונתו |
4 I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
| אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות |
5 That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
| אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה-יאמר לי |
6 I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
| הברב-כח יריב עמדי לא אך-הוא ישם בי |
7 Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
| שם--ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי |
8 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
| הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא-אבין לו |
9 If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
| שמאול בעשתו ולא-אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה |
10 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
| כי-ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא |
11 My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
| באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא-אט |
12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
| מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי-פיו |
13 For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
| והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש |
14 And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
| כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו |
15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
| על-כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו |
16 God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
| ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני |
17 For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
| כי-לא נצמתי מפני-חשך ומפני כסה-אפל |
