Job 23

1 And Job answers and says:

ויען איוב ויאמר׃

2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.

גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃

3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,

מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃

4 I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.

אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃

5 I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.

אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃

6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.

הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃

7 There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.

שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃

8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.

הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃

9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.

שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃

10 For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.

כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃

11 My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,

באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃

12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.

מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃

13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].

והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃

14 For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃

15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃

16 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.

ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃

17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”

כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃