Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
| ויען איוב ויאמר׃ |
2 Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
| גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃ |
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
| מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃ |
4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
| אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃ |
5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
| אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃ |
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
| הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃ |
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
| שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃ |
8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
| הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃ |
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
| שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃ |
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
| כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃ |
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
| באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃ |
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
| מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃ |
13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
| והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃ |
14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
| כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃ |
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
| על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃ |
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
| ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃ |
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
| כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃ |
