Job 23 — TOJB

23Verse 1Then Iyov answered and said,^{Verse 2}Even hayom (today) is my complaint bitter;
my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
^{Verse 3}Oh that I knew where I might find Him!
That I might come even to His techunah (abode)!
^{Verse 4}I would order my mishpat (cause) before Him,
and fill my mouth with arguments.
^{Verse 5}I would know the words which He would answer me,
and have binah of what He would say unto me.
^{Verse 6}Will He contend against me with His great koach?
No, but He would pay heed to me.
^{Verse 7}There the yashar might dispute with Him;
so should I be delivered forever from my Shofet (Judge).^{Verse 8}Hen (behold), I go forward, but He is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
^{Verse 9}On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him;
He hideth himself yamin (on the right hand), that I cannot see Him.^{Verse 10}But He knoweth the derech that I take;
when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as zahav.
^{Verse 11}My regel hath held to His steps,
over His way have I been shomer, and not turned aside.
^{Verse 12}Neither have I gone back from the mitzvah of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my appointed portion.
^{Verse 13}But He stands alone, and who can turn Him?
And what His nefesh desireth, even that He doeth.
^{Verse 14}For He accomplisheth the thing that is appointed for me;
and rabbot (many) such things are with Him.
^{Verse 15}Al-ken (therefore) am I troubled at His presence;
when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
^{Verse 16}For El maketh my lev dejected,
and Shaddai troubleth me,
^{Verse 17}Because I was not cut off from before the choshech,
neither hath He hidden deep darkness from my face.