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

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Job spoke next. He said:
2 גַּם־הַיֹּום מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִי	2 My lament is stil rebellious; despite my groans, his hand is just as heavy.
3 מִי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבֹוא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֹו	3 Wil no one help me to know how to travel to his dwel ing?
4 אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תֹוכָחֹות	4 I should set out my case to him, advancing any number of grievances.
5 אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִי	5 Then I could learn his defence, every word of it, taking note of everything he said to me.
6 הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּי	6 Would he put al his strength into this debate with me? No, he would only have to give his attention tome,
7 שָׁם יָשָׁר נֹוכָח עִמֹּו וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִי	7 to recognise his opponent as upright and so I should win my case for ever.
8 הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחֹור וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו	8 If I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I stil cannot see him.
9 שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתֹו וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה	9 If I seek him in the north, he is not to be found, invisible as ever, if I turn to the south.
10 כִּי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא	10 And yet he knows every step I take! Let him test me in the crucible: I shall come out pure gold.
11 בַּאֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכֹּו שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָט	11 My footsteps have fol owed close in his, I have walked in his way without swerving;
12 מִצְוַת פָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִיו	12 I have not neglected the commandment of his lips, in my heart I have cherished the words of hismouth.
13 וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו אִוְּתָה וַיָּעַשׂ	13 But once he has made up his mind, who can change it? Whatever he plans, that he carries out.
14 כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבֹּות עִמֹּו	14 No doubt, then, but he wil carry out my sentence, like so many other decrees that he has made.
15 עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבֹּונֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּנּוּ	15 That is why I am ful of fear before him, and the more I think, the greater grows my dread of him.
16 וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָנִי	16 God has undermined my courage, Shaddai has filled me with fear.
17 כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל	17 The darkness having failed to destroy me, I am plunged back into obscurity by him!