איוב כגJob 23

Job said in reply:

Today again my complaint is bitter;My strength is spent on account of my groaning.

Would that I knew how to reach [God],How to get to the heavenly dwelling-place.

I would set out my case,And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would learn what answers were waiting for me,And know how the reply would be.

Would [God] contend with me overbearingly?Surely I would not be accused!

There the upright would be cleared by divine decree,And I would escape forever from my judge.

But if I go East—[God] is not there;West—I still appear to be alone;

North—I cannot discern One who is concealed;South—also there hidden from my sight.

But [God] knows the way I take;Would it be assayed, I should emerge pure as gold.

I have followed in God’s tracks,Kept that way without swerving,

I have not deviated from what God’s lips commanded;I have treasured those words more than my daily bread.

Single-minded, not readily dissuaded,[God] desires, and it comes to pass.

For this One will bring my term to an end,But there are many more such who are held in reserve.

Therefore I am terrified at God’s presence;When I consider, I feel dread.

God has made me fainthearted;Shaddai has terrified me.

Yet I am not cut off by the darkness;The thick gloom has been concealed from me.