1 Then Job replied:
2 "Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand "is heavy in spite of "my groaning.
3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.
7 There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8 "But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13 "But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
14 He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
15 That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
1 ויען איוב ויאמר׃
2 גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃
3 מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃
4 אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃
5 אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃
6 הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃
7 שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃
8 הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃
9 שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃
10 כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃
11 באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃
12 מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃
13 והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃
14 כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃
15 על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃
16 ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃
17 כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃