Job’s Despondent Prayer

20 “Only(A) two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide myself from You:
21 (B)Withdraw Your hand far from me,
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
22 Then call, and I will (C)answer;
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 (D)Why do You hide Your face,
And (E)regard me as Your enemy?
25 (F)Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?
And will You pursue dry stubble?
26 For You write bitter things against me,
And (G)make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 (H)You put my feet in the stocks,
And watch closely all my paths.
You [a]set a limit for the [b]soles of my feet.

28 Man[c] decays like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 13:27 Lit. inscribe a print
  2. Job 13:27 Lit. roots
  3. Job 13:28 Lit. He

20 “Only grant me these two things, God,
    and then I will not hide from you:
21 Withdraw your hand(A) far from me,
    and stop frightening me with your terrors.(B)
22 Then summon me and I will answer,(C)
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.(D)
23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(E)
    Show me my offense and my sin.(F)
24 Why do you hide your face(G)
    and consider me your enemy?(H)
25 Will you torment(I) a windblown leaf?(J)
    Will you chase(K) after dry chaff?(L)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
    and make me reap the sins of my youth.(M)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(N)
    you keep close watch on all my paths(O)
    by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

28 “So man wastes away like something rotten,
    like a garment(P) eaten by moths.(Q)

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