1 respondens autem Iob dixit
2 nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus
et manus plagae meae adgravata est super gemitum meum
3 quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum
et veniam usque ad solium eius
4 ponam coram eo iudicium et os meum replebo increpationibus
5 ut sciam verba quae mihi respondeat
et intellegam quid loquatur mihi
6 nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum
nec magnitudinis suae mole me premat
7 proponat aequitatem contra me
et perveniat ad victoriam iudicium meum
8 si ad orientem iero non apparet
si ad occidentem non intellegam eum
9 si ad sinistram quid agat non adprehendam eum
si me vertam ad dextram non videbo illum
10 ipse vero scit viam meam
et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit
11 vestigia eius secutus est pes meus
viam eius custodivi et non declinavi ex ea
12 a mandatis labiorum eius non recessi
et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris eius
13 ipse enim solus est
et nemo avertere potest cogitationem eius
et anima eius quodcumque voluerit hoc facit
14 cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam
et alia multa similia praesto sunt ei
15 et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum
et considerans eum timore sollicitor
16 Deus mollivit cor meum et Omnipotens conturbavit me
17 non enim perii propter inminentes tenebras
nec faciem meam operuit caligo
1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food .
13 But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.