¹Then Job answered and said,

¹約伯尋不見　神約伯回答說：

²Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

²“直到今日我還有苦情要申訴，我雖然歎息，他的手仍然沉重。

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

³但願我知道怎樣能尋見　神，能到他的臺前來。

⁴I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁴好讓我在他面前呈上我的案件，滿口辯論向他申訴；

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

⁵知道他要回答我的話，明白他對我說甚麼。

⁶Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

⁶他會以大能與我相爭嗎？必不會這樣，他必關懷我。

⁷There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁷在他那裡正直人可以與他彼此辯論，這樣，我就必永遠擺脫那審判我的。

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁸可是我往前走，他不在那裡；我若往後退，我也不能見他。

⁹On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

⁹他在左邊行事，我卻見不到；他在右邊隱藏，我卻看不見。

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹⁰可是他知道我所行的道路，他試煉我以後，我必像精金出現。

¹¹My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

¹¹自言未曾背道我的腳緊隨他的腳步，我謹守他的道，並不偏離。

¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹²他嘴唇的命令我沒有離棄，我珍藏他口中的言語在我的懷裡，勝過我需用的飲食。

¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹³但是他既已定意，誰能使他轉意呢？他心裡所願的，就行出來。

¹⁴For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

¹⁴他為我所定的，他必成全，這類的事情，他還有許多。

¹⁵Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁵因此我在他面前驚惶，一想到這事，我就懼怕他。

¹⁶For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹⁶　神使我心裡膽怯，全能者使我驚惶，

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

¹⁷因為我在黑暗面前並沒有被消滅，也不怕幽暗遮蓋著我的臉。”