Job 23
1 Bvt Iob answered and sayd,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
| גַּם־הַיּוֹם מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃ |
3 Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
| מִֽי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבוֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃ |
4 I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
| אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ |
5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
| אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר־לִֽי׃ |
6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
| הַבְּרׇב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּֽי׃ |
7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
| שָׁם יָשָׁר נוֹכָח עִמּוֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃ |
8 Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
| הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחוֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ׃ |
9 If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.
| שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶֽה׃ |
10 But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
| כִּֽי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵֽא׃ |
11 My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
| בַּאֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכּוֹ שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃ |
12 Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
| מִצְוַת שְׂפָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃ |
13 Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
| וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ אִוְּתָה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃ |
14 For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
| כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃ |
15 Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
| עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבּוֹנֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ |
16 For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
| וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃ |
17 For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
| כִּֽי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃ |
