Job 23

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	MODERN HEBREW BIBLE
1 Then Job answered by saying:	1 ויען איוב ויאמר
2 Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.	2 גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי
3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?	3 מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו
4 I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,	4 אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות
5 so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.	5 אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי
6 I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.	6 הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי
7 Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.	7 שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי
8 If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.	8 הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו
9 If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.	9 שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה
10 Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.	10 כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא
11 My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.	11 באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט
12 I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.	12 מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו
13 For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.	13 והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש
14 And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.	14 כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו
15 And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.	15 על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו
16 God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.	16 ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני
17 Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.	17 כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל