Job 23

1 Job respondió:

Then Job answered, and said:

2 Aun hoy es amarga mi queja, pues mi llaga agrava mis gemidos.

Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

3 ¡Ojalá me concediera saber dónde hallarlo! Yo iría hasta su trono,

Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

4 expondría ante Él mi causa, llenaría mi boca de argumentos,

I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

5 sabría con cuáles palabras me replica, y entendería lo que me dice.

That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

6 ¿Contendería conmigo con la grandeza de su fuerza? No, más bien me atendería.

I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

7 Allí el justo podría razonar con Él, y yo quedaría libre para siempre de mi Juez.

Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

8 Pero si voy hacia el oriente, no está allí. Y si voy al occidente, tampoco lo percibo.

But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

9 Si muestra su poder en el norte, no lo veré, al sur se esconde y no lo veo.

If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

10 Sin embargo, Él conoce el camino por donde voy. Que me pruebe, y saldré como oro.

But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

11 Mis pies siguieron fielmente sus huellas. Guardé su camino sin apartarme.

My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

12 No retrocedí del mandato de sus labios, y atesoré las Palabras de su boca más que mi ración necesaria.

I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

13 Pero Él es único. ¿Quién podrá disuadirlo? Él hace lo que desea.

For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.

14 Él ejecutará lo que decretó para mí, y muchas otras cosas como ésta están en Él.

And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.

15 Por lo cual me perturba su Presencia. Al pensarlo, me aterrorizo de Él.

And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.

16 Porque ʼElohim hizo desmayar mi corazón. ʼEL-Shadday me aterrorizó.

God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.

17 Pues no fui cortado de la presencia de la tenebrosidad, y Él no escondió mi semblante de la profunda oscuridad.

For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.