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

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then Job answered and said,
2 גַּם־הַיֹּום מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִי	2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 מִי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבֹוא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֹו	3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תֹוכָחֹות	4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִי	5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּי	6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 שָׁם יָשָׁר נֹוכָח עִמֹּו וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִי	7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחֹור וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו	8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתֹו וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה	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:
10 כִּי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא	10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 בַּאֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכֹּו שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָט	11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 מִצְוַת פָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִיו	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.
13 וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו אִוְּתָה וַיָּעַשׂ	13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבֹּות עִמֹּו	14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבֹּונֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּנּוּ	15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָנִי	16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל	17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.