微读圣经

1Then Job answered:

2Today also my complaint is bitter. Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads rebellion Jb 7:11; 10:1; 21:4

His LXX, Syr; MT reads My hand is heavy despite my groaning.

3If only I knew how to find Him,

so that I could go to His throne.

4I would plead my case before Him Jb 5:8; 13:18; 35:14

and fill my mouth with arguments.

5I would learn how Lit the words He would answer me;

and understand what He would say to me.

6Would He prosecute Jb 13:19; 33:13; Is 45:9 me forcefully?

No, He will certainly pay attention to me.

7Then an upright man could reason Jb 13:3,15; 15:3 with Him,

and I would escape from my Judge Gn 18:25; Is 33:22; Jr 11:20 forever.

8If I go east, He is not there,

and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him. Jb 9:11; 35:14

9When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;

when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

10Yet He knows the way I have taken; Lit way with me

when He has tested me, Ps 17:3; 66:10; 1Pt 1:7 I will emerge as pure gold.

11My feet have followed in His tracks;

I have kept to His way Jb 17:9; Ps 17:5; 44:18 and not turned aside.

12I have not departed from the commands of His lips;

I have treasured LXX, Vg read treasured in my bosom the words Jb 6:10; 22:22; Ps 119:102-3,111 of His mouth

more than my daily food.

13But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?

He does what He desires. Ps 115:3; Is 14:27; Dn 4:35

14He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,

and He has many more things like these in mind. Lit these with Him

15Therefore I am terrified Jb 4:14; 22:10; 23:15 in His presence;

when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.

16God has made my heart faint; Dt 20:3; Is 7:4; Jr 51:46

the Almighty has terrified me.

17Yet I am not destroyed Or silenced by the darkness, Jb 19:8; 29:3; 30:26

by the thick darkness that covers my face.