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 International Version
Job
23 Then Job replied:
2 “Even today my complaint(A) is bitter;(B)
his hand[a] is heavy in spite of[b] my groaning.(C)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!(D)
4 I would state my case(E) before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(F)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,(G)
and consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me?(H)
No, he would not press charges against me.(I)
7 There the upright(J) can establish their innocence before him,(K)
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(L)
8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
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.(M)
10 But he knows the way that I take;(N)
when he has tested me,(O) I will come forth as gold.(P)
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(Q)
I have kept to his way without turning aside.(R)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(S)
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(T)
13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?(U)
He does whatever he pleases.(V)
14 He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.(W)
15 That is why I am terrified before him;(X)
when I think of all this, I fear him.(Y)
16 God has made my heart faint;(Z)
the Almighty(AA) has terrified me.(AB)
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,(AC)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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