¹约伯寻不见　神

¹And Job answereth and saith: —

²“直到今日我还有苦情要申诉，我虽然叹息，他的手仍然沉重。

²Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

³但愿我知道怎样能寻见　神，能到他的台前来。

³O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

⁴好让我在他面前呈上我的案件，满口辩论向他申诉；

⁴I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

⁵知道他要回答我的话，明白他对我说什么。

⁵I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

⁶他会以大能与我相争吗？必不会这样，他必关怀我。

⁶In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

⁷在他那里正直人可以与他彼此辩论，这样，我就必永远摆脱那审判我的。

⁷There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

⁸可是我往前走，他不在那里；我若往后退，我也不能见他。

⁸Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

⁹他在左边行事，我却见不到；他在右边隐藏，我却看不见。

⁹[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

¹⁰可是他知道我所行的道路，他试炼我以后，我必像精金出现。

¹⁰For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

¹¹自言未曾背道我的脚紧随他的脚步，我谨守他的道，并不偏离。

¹¹On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

¹²他嘴唇的命令我没有离弃，我珍藏他口中的言语在我的怀里，胜过我需用的饮食。

¹²The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

¹³但是他既已定意，谁能使他转意呢？他心里所愿的，就行出来。

¹³And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

¹⁴他为我所定的，他必成全，这类的事情，他还有许多。

¹⁴For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

¹⁵因此我在他面前惊惶，一想到这事，我就惧怕他。

¹⁵Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

¹⁶　神使我心里胆怯，全能者使我惊惶，

¹⁶And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

¹⁷因为我在黑暗面前并没有被消灭，也不怕幽暗遮盖着我的脸。”

¹⁷For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.