1 Y RESPONDIO Job, y dijo:

Then Job answered,

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

Even today is my complaint rebellious and bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

3 Q uién me diera el saber dónde hallar á Dios! Yo iría hasta su silla.

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

4 O rdenaría juicio delante de él, Y henchiría mi boca de argumentos.

I would lay my cause before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

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

I would learn what He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.

6 ¿ Pleitearía conmigo con grandeza de fuerza? No: antes él la pondría en mí.

Would He plead against me with His great power? No, He would give heed to me.

7 A llí el justo razonaría con él: Y escaparía para siempre de mi juez.

There the righteous could reason with Him; so I should be acquitted by my Judge forever.

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; I go 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.

On the left hand where He works, but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.

10 M as él conoció mi camino: Probaráme, y saldré como oro.

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

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

My foot has held fast to His steps; His ways have I kept 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 gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed and treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

13 E mpero si él se determina en una cosa, ¿quién lo apartará? Su alma deseó, é hizo.

But He is unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what He wants to do, that He does.

14 E l pues acabará lo que ha determinado de mí: Y muchas cosas como estas hay en él.

For He performs planned for me, and of many such matters He is mindful.

15 P or lo cual yo me espanto en su presencia: Consideraré, y temerélo.

Therefore am I troubled and terrified at His presence; when I consider, I am in dread and afraid of Him.

16 D ios ha enervado mi corazón, Y hame turbado el Omnipotente.

For God has made my heart faint, timid, and broken, and the Almighty has terrified me,

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

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has He covered the thick darkness from my face.