Job 23

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1 Job tomó la palabra y dijo:	1 Then Job answered by saying:
2 Todavía mi queja es una rebelión; su mano pesa sobre mi gemido.	2 Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.
3 ¡Quién me diera saber encontrarle, poder llegar a su morada!	3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?
4 Un proceso abriría delante de él, llenaría mi boca de argumentos.	4 I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
5 Sabría las palabras de su réplica, comprendería lo que me dijera.	5 so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.
6 ¿Precisaría gran fuerza para disputar conmigo? No, tan sólo tendría que prestarme atención.	6 I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.
7 Reconocería en su adversario a un hombre recto, y yo me libraría de mi juez para siempre.	7 Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.
8 Si voy hacia el oriente, no está allí; si al occidente, no le advierto.	8 If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.
9 Cuando le busco al norte, no aparece, y tampoco le veo si vuelvo al mediodía.	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 Pero él mis pasos todos sabe: ¡probado en el crisol, saldré oro puro!	10 Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.
11 Mi pie se ha adherido a su paso, he guardado su ruta sin desvío;	11 My feet have been following his footsteps; I have kept to his way and have not strayed from it.
12 del mandato de sus labios no me aparto, he albergado en mi seno las palabras de su boca.	12 I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.
13 Mas él decide, ¿quién le hará retractarse? Lo que su alma ha proyectado lleva a término.	13 For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.
14 Así ejecutará mi sentencia, como tantas otras decisiones suyas.	14 And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.
15 Por eso estoy, ante él, horrorizado, y cuanto más lo pienso, más me espanta.	15 And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.
16 Dios me ha enervado el corazón, Sadday me ha aterrorizado.	16 God has weakened my heart, and the Almighty has confused me.
17 Pues no he desaparecido en las tinieblas, pero él ha cubierto de oscuridad mi rostro.	17 Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face.