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| [1]וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ |
[1]Then Job answered and said, |
| [2]גַּם־הַיֹּום מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִי׃ |
[2]Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. |
| [3]מִי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבֹוא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֹו׃ |
[3]Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter? |
| [4]אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תֹוכָחֹות׃ |
[4]And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments. |
| [5]אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִי׃ |
[5]And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me. |
| [6]הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּי׃ |
[6]Though he should come on me in his great strength, then he would not threaten me; |
| [7]שָׁם יָשָׁר נֹוכָח עִמֹּו וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִי׃ |
[7]for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end. |
| [8]הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחֹור וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו׃ |
[8]For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know concerning the latter end? |
| [9]שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתֹו וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה׃ |
[9]When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed it not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it. |
| [10]כִּי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא׃ |
[10]For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold. |
| [11]בַּאֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכֹּו שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָט׃ |
[11]And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments, |
| [12]מִצְוַת שְׂפָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִיו׃ |
[12]neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom. |
| [13]וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו אִוְּתָה וַיָּעַשׂ׃ |
[13]And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed a thing and done it. |
| [14]כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבֹּות עִמֹּו׃ |
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| [15]עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבֹּוןֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּנּוּ׃ |
[15]Therefore am I troubled at him; and when I was reproved, I thought of him. Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him. |
| [16]וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָנִי׃ |
[16]But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me. |
| [17]כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל׃ |
[17]For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered me before my face. |