איוב 23
| ויען איוב ויאמר | 1 |
And Job made answer and said,
| גם-היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על-אנחתי | 2 |
Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.
| מי-יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד-תכונתו | 3 |
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
| אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות | 4 |
I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.
| אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה-יאמר לי | 5 |
I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.
| הברב-כח יריב עמדי לא אך-הוא ישם בי | 6 |
Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.
| שם--ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי | 7 |
There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
| הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא-אבין לו | 8 |
See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
| שמאול בעשתו ולא-אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה | 9 |
I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.
| כי-ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא | 10 |
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
| באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא-אט | 11 |
My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
| מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי-פיו | 12 |
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
| והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש | 13 |
But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
| כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו | 14 |
For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
| על-כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו | 15 |
For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.
| ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני | 16 |
For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
| כי-לא נצמתי מפני-חשך ומפני כסה-אפל | 17 |
For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
