1 And Job answers and says: 2 “Also—today my complaint is bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing. 3 O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat, 4 I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me. 6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts it in me. 7 There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever. 8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him. 9 To the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered on the right, and I do not behold. 10 For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go out as gold. 11 My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside, 12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion || The sayings of His mouth. 13 And He is in one mind, || And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does it. 14 For He completes my portion, || And many such things are with Him. 15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him. 16 And God has made my heart soft, || And the Mighty has troubled me. 17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, || And before me He covered thick darkness.”