Job 23
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus et manus plagae meae adgravata est super gemitum meum
Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
3 quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum et veniam usque ad solium eius
O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
4 ponam coram eo iudicium et os meum replebo increpationibus
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
5 ut sciam verba quae mihi respondeat et intellegam quid loquatur mihi
I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
6 nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum nec magnitudinis suae mole me premat
In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
7 proponat aequitatem contra me et perveniat ad victoriam iudicium meum
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
8 si ad orientem iero non apparet si ad occidentem non intellegam eum
Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
9 si ad sinistram quid agat non adprehendam eum si me vertam ad dextram non videbo illum
[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
10 ipse vero scit viam meam et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit
For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
11 vestigia eius secutus est pes meus viam eius custodivi et non declinavi ex ea
On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
12 a mandatis labiorum eius non recessi et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris eius
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
13 ipse enim solus est et nemo avertere potest cogitationem eius et anima eius quodcumque voluerit hoc facit
And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
14 cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam et alia multa similia praesto sunt ei
For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
15 et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum et considerans eum timore sollicitor
Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
16 Deus mollivit cor meum et Omnipotens conturbavit me
And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
17 non enim perii propter inminentes tenebras nec faciem meam operuit caligo
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
