Job 23

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1 Again Job answered and said:	1 Job respondió diciendo:
2 Though I know my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy upon me in my groanings.	2 También hoy, mi queja es un desafío, mientras gimo bajo el peso de su mano.
3 Oh, that today I might find him, that I might come to his judgment seat!	3 ¡Ah, si supiera cómo encontrarlo, si pudiera llegar hasta su tribunal!
4 I would set out my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;	4 Yo expondría mi causa ante él y llenaría mi boca de recriminaciones.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer, and understand what he would reply to me.	5 Sabría entonces cuál sería su respuesta, y estaría atento a lo que él me dijera.
6 Even should he contend against me with his great power, yet, would that he himself might heed me!	6 ¿Le haría falta mucha fuerza para disputar conmigo? No, sólo bastaría que me prestara atención.
7 There the upright man might reason with him, and I should once and for all preserve my rights.	7 Allí, un hombre recto discutiría con él, y yo haría triunfar mi derecho para siempre.
8 But if I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I cannot perceive him;	8 Pero voy hacia adelante, y él no está, hacia atrás, y no lo percibo:
9 Where the north enfolds him, I behold him not; by the south he is veiled, and I see him not.	9 lo busco a la izquierda, y no lo diviso, vuelvo a la derecha, y no los veo.
10 Yet he knows my way; if he proved me, I should come forth as gold.	10 Sin embargo, él sabe en qué camino estoy: si me prueba en mi crisol, saldré puro como el oro.
11 My foot has always walked in his steps; his way I have kept and have not turned aside.	11 Mis pies han seguido sus pasos, me mantuve en su camino y no me desvié.
12 From the commands of his lips I have not departed; the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart.	12 No me aparté del mandamiento de sus labios, guardé en mi pecho las palabras de su boca.
13 But he had decided, and who can say him nay? What he desires, that he does.	13 Pero él ya decidió: ¿quién lo hará volver atrás? Lo que él desea, lo hace.
14 For he will carry out what is appointed for me; and many such things may yet be in his mind.	14 El va a ejecutar mi sentencia, y hay en él muchos designios semejantes.
15 Therefore am I dismayed before him; when I take thought, I fear him.	15 Por eso, le tengo temor, reflexiono, y tiemblo ante él.
16 Indeed God has made my courage fail; the Almighty has put me in dismay.	16 Dios me ha quitado el ánimo, el Todopoderoso me ha llenado de espanto:
17 Yes, would that I had vanished in darkness, and that thick gloom were before me to conceal me.	17 porque no son las tinieblas las que me aniquilan ni tampoco la oscuridad que cubre mi rostro.