Job 23
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Triunfo del mal y aparente ausencia de Dios
23 Job respondió así:
2 También hoy me lamento y me rebelo
pues su mano multiplica mis gemidos.
3 ¡Si supiera al menos dar con él,
si pudiese entrar en su morada!
4 Expondría mi causa ante él,
llenaría mi boca de razones;
5 sabría en qué términos se defiende,
entendería lo que quiere decirme.
6 ¿Recurriría en el pleito a su gran fuerza?
No creo; me escucharía con atención.
7 Yo discutiría limpiamente con él
y ganaría finalmente el caso.
8 Mas voy a Oriente y no está allí;
a Occidente y no puedo distinguirlo;
9 se oculta en el Norte y no lo veo;
escondido en el Sur, no lo descubro.
10 Él, en cambio, conoce mis andanzas;
si me prueba, saldré purificado como el oro.
11 He seguido de cerca sus huellas,
firme en su camino, sin desviarme;
12 no me he apartado de las normas de su boca,
he guardado en el pecho sus decretos.
13 Pero él es firme en sus decisiones,
¿quién podrá disuadirlo?
Siempre lleva a cabo sus proyectos.
14 Seguro que ejecuta mi sentencia,
como hace en casos parecidos.
15 Por eso tengo miedo de verlo;
cuando pienso en ello, me espanto.
16 Dios me ha arrancado el valor,
me aterroriza el Todopoderoso.
17 ¡Ojalá desapareciese en la tiniebla
y la oscuridad ocultase mi rostro!
Job 23
New King James Version
Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Even today my (A)complaint is bitter;
[a]My hand is listless because of my groaning.
3 (B)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 (C)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Look,(D) I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But (E)He knows the way that I take;
When (F)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 (G)My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the (H)commandment of His lips;
(I)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my [b]necessary food.
13 “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever (J)His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is (K)appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
16 For God (L)made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
17 Because I was not (M)cut off [c]from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.
La Palabra, (versión hispanoamericana) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
