איוב 23
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered and said,
| גַּם־הַיּוֹם מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃ | 2 |
Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
| מִֽי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבוֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃ | 3 |
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
| אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ | 4 |
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
| אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר־לִֽי׃ | 5 |
I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
| הַבְּרׇב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּֽי׃ | 6 |
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
| שָׁם יָשָׁר נוֹכָח עִמּוֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃ | 7 |
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
| הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחוֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ׃ | 8 |
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
| שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶֽה׃ | 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]:
| כִּֽי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵֽא׃ | 10 |
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
| בַּאֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכּוֹ שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃ | 11 |
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
| מִצְוַת שְׂפָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃ | 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].
| וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ אִוְּתָה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃ | 13 |
But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
| כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
| עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבּוֹנֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | 15 |
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
| וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃ | 16 |
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
| כִּֽי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃ | 17 |
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
