< Job 23 >

1 And he answered Job and he said.
And Job answers and says:
2 Also this day [the] rebellion of complaint my hand my it is heavy on groaning my.
“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
3 Who? will he give I knew and I will find him I will come to place his.
O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
4 Let me set in order before him a case and mouth my let me fill arguments.
I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
5 I want to know [the] words [which] he will answer me and I want to understand what? will he say to me.
I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
6 ¿ With greatness of power will he conduct a case with me not surely he he will put on me.
Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
7 There an upright [person] [will be] reasoning with him and I will deliver to perpetuity from judge my.
There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
8 Here! forward I go and there not [is] he and backwards and not I perceive him.
Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
9 [the] left [side] When acts he and not I see [him] he turns [the] right [side] and not I see [him].
[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
10 That he knows [the] way with me he has tested me like gold I will come forth.
For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
11 On step his it has taken hold foot my way his I have kept and not I have turned aside.
My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
12 [the] commandment of Lips his and not I have ceased more than portion my I have treasured up [the] words of mouth his.
The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
13 And he [is] one and who? will he turn back him and [that which] self his it has desired and he has done.
And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
14 For he performs decree my and like them many [are] with him.
For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
15 There-fore of him I am terrified I consider and I may be in dread from him.
Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
16 And God he has made faint heart my and [the] Almighty he has terrified me.
And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
17 For not I have been destroyed from before darkness and from before me it covers gloom.
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”

< Job 23 >