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