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Job 9
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Job 9
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
La aparente injusticia divina
9 Respondió Job:
2 Sé que las cosas son así:
que no es justo ante Dios el ser humano.
3 Si quiere litigar con él,
no le rebatirá de mil razones una.
4 Dios es sabio y poderoso,
¿quién le hace frente y queda ileso?
5 Con su cólera remueve los montes,
los desplaza y nadie lo nota.
6 Sacude la tierra en sus cimientos,
hace que vacilen sus pilares;
7 si lo ordena, el sol ya no brilla
y retiene bajo sello a las estrellas.
8 Él solo despliega los cielos
y camina sobre la espalda del Mar;
9 él ha hecho la Osa y el Orión,
las Pléyades y las Cámaras del Sur.
10 Hace prodigios inexplicables,
realiza maravillas incontables.
11 Si pasa a mi vera, no lo veo;
me roza y no me doy cuenta;
12 si apresa algo, ¿quién se lo impedirá
o quién le dirá: “qué estás haciendo”?
13 Dios no renuncia a su cólera,
a él se someten los aliados de Rahab.
14 ¡Cuánto menos podré yo defenderme,
afinando argumentos contra él!
15 Aun teniendo yo razón, no respondería;
tendría que suplicar a mi adversario;
16 aunque respondiera a mi requerimiento,
no creo que atendiera a mis palabras.
17 ¡Él es capaz de aplastarme por una tontería,
de multiplicar sin motivo mis heridas;
18 no me deja respirar tranquilo,
me tiene saciado de amargura!
19 Si es cuestión de fuerza,
ahí está su poder;
si se trata de justicia,
¿quién lo emplazará?
20 Aun teniendo yo razón,
su boca me condenaría;
aun siendo yo inocente,
demostraría mi culpa.
21 Pero ¿soy inocente?
Ni siquiera lo sé.
¡Desprecio mi existencia!
22 Aunque da lo mismo. Así que afirmo:
destruye igual al inocente que al culpable.
23 Si una peste matase de repente,
se burlaría del dolor del inocente.
24 Entrega un país a un malvado
y ciega los ojos de los magistrados.
¿Quién puede hacerlo, sino él?
25 Mis días corren más que un correo,
escapan sin que pueda ver la dicha;
26 se deslizan como balsas de junco,
como el águila al caer sobre la presa.
27 Si me digo: “Olvidaré la tristeza,
que la alegría cambie mi semblante”,
28 tengo miedo de lo que pueda sufrir,
pues sé que no me crees inocente.
29 Y si resulta que soy culpable,
¿qué sentido tiene luchar en vano?
30 Aunque me lavase con jabón
y frotara mis manos con sosa,
31 tú me arrastrarías por la porquería
hasta que me diera asco mi ropa.
32 No es un ser humano como yo para decirle:
“Enfrentémonos juntos en un juicio”.
33 Pero no existe un mediador
que ponga su mano entre los dos,
34 que retire su vara de mi espalda
y me libre del terror que me atenaza.
35 Si lo hubiera, le hablaría sin miedo,
pues creo que no soy culpable.
Job 9
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Job 9
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Job
9 Then Job replied:
2 “Indeed, I know that this is true.
But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
3 Though they wished to dispute with him,(B)
they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(C)
4 His wisdom(D) is profound, his power is vast.(E)
Who has resisted(F) him and come out unscathed?(G)
5 He moves mountains(H) without their knowing it
and overturns them in his anger.(I)
6 He shakes the earth(J) from its place
and makes its pillars tremble.(K)
7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(L)
he seals off the light of the stars.(M)
8 He alone stretches out the heavens(N)
and treads on the waves of the sea.(O)
9 He is the Maker(P) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(Q)
10 He performs wonders(R) that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.(S)
11 When he passes me, I cannot see him;
when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.(T)
12 If he snatches away, who can stop him?(U)
Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’(V)
13 God does not restrain his anger;(W)
even the cohorts of Rahab(X) cowered at his feet.
14 “How then can I dispute with him?
How can I find words to argue with him?(Y)
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;(Z)
I could only plead(AA) with my Judge(AB) for mercy.(AC)
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(AD)
17 He would crush me(AE) with a storm(AF)
and multiply(AG) my wounds for no reason.(AH)
18 He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.(AI)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(AJ)
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[b]?(AK)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(AL)
21 “Although I am blameless,(AM)
I have no concern for myself;(AN)
I despise my own life.(AO)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(AP)
23 When a scourge(AQ) brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.(AR)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(AS)
he blindfolds its judges.(AT)
If it is not he, then who is it?(AU)
25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(AV)
they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(AW)
26 They skim past(AX) like boats of papyrus,(AY)
like eagles swooping down on their prey.(AZ)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(BA)
I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(BB) all my sufferings,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.(BC)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?(BD)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(BE)
and my hands(BF) with cleansing powder,(BG)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(BH)
so that even my clothes would detest me.(BI)
32 “He is not a mere mortal(BJ) like me that I might answer him,(BK)
that we might confront each other in court.(BL)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(BM)
someone to bring us together,(BN)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,(BO)
so that his terror would frighten me no more.(BP)
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,(BQ)
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.(BR)
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