[1] And Job answers and says: [2] “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing. [3] O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat, [4] I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth [with] arguments. [5] I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me. [6] Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me. [7] There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever. [8] Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him. [9] [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold. [10] For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold. [11] My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside, [12] The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion || The sayings of His mouth. [13] And He [is] in one [mind], || And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it]. [14] For He completes my portion, || And many such things [are] with Him. [15] Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him. [16] And God has made my heart soft, || And the Mighty has troubled me. [17] For I have not been cut off before darkness, || And before me He covered thick darkness.”
