CLV(i)
1 So Job answered and said:
2 Today as well, my meditation will seem rebellious; His hand is heavy on my sighing.
3 O that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come unto His establishment!"
4 I would arrange a plea before Him And fill my mouth with pleadings.
5 I would know the declarations with which He shall answer, And I would understand what He shall say to me.
6 Shall He contend against me with an abundance of vigor? Surely He Himself shall not place charges against me!
7 There an upright man would plead with Him; Let me win deliverance permanently from my Judge.
8 Behold, I go to the east, and He is not there, And back again, and I cannot detect Him.
9 When He is working to the left, I do not perceive Him; He goes back to the right, yet I do not see Him.
10 But He knows the way with me; He tests me, and I shall go forth like gold.
11 My feet have held closely to His movements; I have kept to His way and have not turned aside.
12 From the instruction of His lips I do not remove myself; I have secluded in my bosom the sayings of His mouth.
13 Yet He is One, and who can turn Him back? What His soul has yearned for He shall do.
14 For He shall accomplish what is marked out for me, And many other plans are with Him like these.
15 Therefore, I am flustered at His presence; When I consider I am afraid of Him.
16 El Himself has made my heart tender, And He Who Suffices has flustered me.
17 But I am not effaced because of darkness And because gloom has covered my face.