Job 23
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 Even to-day, is my complaint rebellion? His hand, is heavier than my groaning.
| גם-היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על-אנחתי |
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;
| מי-יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד-תכונתו |
4 I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments;
| אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות |
5 I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, and would mark what he would say to me.
| אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה-יאמר לי |
6 Would he, with fulness of might, contend with me? Nay, surely, he, would give heed to me!
| הברב-כח יריב עמדי לא אך-הוא ישם בי |
7 There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.
| שם--ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי |
8 Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not;
| הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא-אבין לו |
9 On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him.
| שמאול בעשתו ולא-אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה |
10 But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.
| כי-ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא |
11 Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;
| באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא-אט |
12 The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
| מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי-פיו |
13 But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.
| והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש |
14 Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store.
| כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו |
15 For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
| על-כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו |
16 Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror.
| ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני |
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.
| כי-לא נצמתי מפני-חשך ומפני כסה-אפל |
