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

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then Job answered by saying:
2 גַּם־הַיֹּום מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִי	2 Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.
3 מִי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבֹוא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֹו	3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?
4 אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תֹוכָחֹות	4 I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
5 אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִי	5 so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.
6 הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּי	6 I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.
7 שָׁם יָשָׁר נֹוכָח עִמֹּו וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִי	7 Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.
8 הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחֹור וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו	8 If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.
9 שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתֹו וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה	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.
10 כִּי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא	10 Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.
11 בַּאֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכֹּו שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָט	11 My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.
12 מִצְוַת פָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִיו	12 I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.
13 וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו אִוְּתָה וַיָּעַשׂ	13 For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.
14 כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבֹּות עִמֹּו	14 And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.
15 עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבֹּונֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּנּוּ	15 And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.
16 וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָנִי	16 God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.
17 כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל	17 Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.