Capítulo 23

1 - Then Job replied:

2 - "Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew /[ the hand on me] is heavy in spite of Or [heavy on me in] 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.