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

MODERN HEBREW BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 ויען איוב ויאמר	1 Again Job answered and said:
2 גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי	2 Though I know my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy upon me in my groanings.
3 מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו	3 Oh, that today I might find him, that I might come to his judgment seat!
4 אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות	4 I would set out my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
5 אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי	5 I would learn the words with which he would answer, and understand what he would reply to me.
6 הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי	6 Even should he contend against me with his great power, yet, would that he himself might heed me!
7 שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי	7 There the upright man might reason with him, and I should once and for all preserve my rights.
8 הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו	8 But if I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I cannot perceive him;
9 שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה	9 Where the north enfolds him, I behold him not; by the south he is veiled, and I see him not.
10 כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא	10 Yet he knows my way; if he proved me, I should come forth as gold.
11 באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט	11 My foot has always walked in his steps; his way I have kept and have not turned aside.
12 מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו	12 From the commands of his lips I have not departed; the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart.
13 והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש	13 But he had decided, and who can say him nay? What he desires, that he does.
14 כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו	14 For he will carry out what is appointed for me; and many such things may yet be in his mind.
15 על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו	15 Therefore am I dismayed before him; when I take thought, I fear him.
16 ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני	16 Indeed God has made my courage fail; the Almighty has put me in dismay.
17 כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל	17 Yes, would that I had vanished in darkness, and that thick gloom were before me to conceal me.