Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 23

MODERN HEBREW BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 ויען איוב ויאמר	1 Then Job answered, and said:
2 גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי	2 Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
3 מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו	3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
4 אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות	4 I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
5 אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי	5 That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי	6 I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
7 שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי	7 Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
8 הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו	8 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
9 שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה	9 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 כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא	10 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
11 באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט	11 My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
12 מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו	12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
13 והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש	13 For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
14 כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו	14 And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
15 על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו	15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
16 ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני	16 God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
17 כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל	17 For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.