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Job 23

1 Entonces respondió Job, y dijo:

1 Then Job replied:

2 Aun hoy mi queja es rebelión; su mano es pesada no obstante mi gemido.

2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

3 ¡Quién me diera saber dónde encontrarle, para poder llegar hasta su trono !

3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

4 Expondría ante El mi causa, llenaría mi boca de argumentos

4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 Aprendería yo las palabras que El me respondiera, y entendería lo que me dijera.

5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.

6 ¿Contendería El conmigo con la grandeza de su poder? No, ciertamente me prestaría atención.

6 Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.

7 Allí el justo razonaría con El, y yo sería librado para siempre de mi Juez.

7 There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.

8 He aquí, me adelanto, y El no está allí, retrocedo, pero no le puedo percibir;

8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

9 cuando se manifiesta a la izquierda, no le distingo, se vuelve a la derecha, y no le veo.

9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

10 Pero El sabe el camino que tomo; cuando me haya probado, saldré como el oro.

10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11 Mi pie ha seguido firme en su senda, su camino he guardado y no me he desviado.

11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.

12 Del mandamiento de sus labios no me he apartado, he atesorado las palabras de su boca más que mi comida.

12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

13 Pero El es único, ¿y quién le hará cambiar? Lo que desea su alma, eso hace.

13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.

14 Porque El hace lo que está determinado para mí, y muchos decretos como éstos hay con El

14 He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.

15 Por tanto, me espantaría ante su presencia; cuando lo pienso, siento terror de El.

15 That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.

16 Es Dios el que ha hecho desmayar mi corazón, y el Todopoderoso el que me ha perturbado;

16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

17 pero no me hacen callar las tinieblas, ni la densa oscuridad que me cubre.

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.