Job 23 — YLT

23Verse 1And Job answereth and saith: —^{Verse 2}Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.^{Verse 3}O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,^{Verse 4}I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.^{Verse 5}I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.^{Verse 6}In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.^{Verse 7}There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.^{Verse 8}Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.^{Verse 9}[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.^{Verse 10}For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.^{Verse 11}On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,^{Verse 12}The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.^{Verse 13}And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].^{Verse 14}For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.^{Verse 15}Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.^{Verse 16}And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.^{Verse 17}For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.