1 Y respondió Job, y dijo:

Then Job replied,

2 H oy también hablaré con amargura; que es más grave mi llaga que mi gemido.

“Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

3 ¡ Quién me diera el saber dónde hallar a Dios! Yo iría hasta su silla.

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

4 O rdenaría juicio delante de él, y llenaría mi boca de argumentos.

“I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.

5 Y o sabría lo que él me respondería, y entendería lo que me dijere.

“I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.

6 ¿ Por ventura pleitearía conmigo con grandeza de fuerza? No; antes él la pondría en mí.

“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.

7 A llí el recto disputaría con él; y escaparía para siempre del que me condena.

“There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

8 H e aquí yo iré al oriente, y no lo hallaré; y al occidente, y no lo percibiré.

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

9 S i al norte él obrare, yo no lo veré; al mediodía se esconderá, y no lo veré.

When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

10 ¶ Mas él conoció mi camino; me probó, y salí como oro.

“But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11 M is pies tomaron su rastro; guardé su camino, y no me aparté.

“My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

12 D el mandamiento de sus labios nunca me separé; guardé las palabras de su boca más que mi comida.

“I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

13 P ero si él se determina en una cosa, ¿quién lo apartará? Su alma deseó, e hizo.

“But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.

14 P or tanto él acabará lo que me es necesario; y muchas cosas como éstas hay en él.

“For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.

15 P or lo cual yo me espantaré delante de su rostro; consideraré, y lo temeré.

“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.

16 D ios ha enternecido mi corazón, y el Omnipotente me ha espantado.

“ It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,

17 ¿ Por qué no fui yo cortado delante de las tinieblas, ni cubrió con oscuridad mi rostro?

But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.