1 ויען איוב ויאמר | 1 Then Job answered and said, |
2 גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי | 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
3 מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו | 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! |
4 אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות | 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
5 אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי | 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
6 הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי | 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. |
7 שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי | 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
8 הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו | 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
9 שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה | 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 כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא | 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
11 באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט | 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
12 מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו | 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 והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש | 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
14 כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו | 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. |
15 על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו | 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
16 ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני | 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: |
17 כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל | 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. |