Then Job answered and said,
约伯回答说，

Today also my complaint is bitter; / My stroke is heavy because of my groaning.
今日我的哀诉还是悲苦；我虽唉哼，所受的责打仍然沉重。

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, / That I might come to His seat!
惟愿我知道在那里可以寻见神，使我可以到祂的座前！

I would present my cause in order before Him, / And I would fill my mouth with arguments.
我要在祂面前将我的案件陈明，满口辩白。

I would know the words which He would answer me, / And I would understand what He would speak to me.
我必知道祂回答我的言语，明白祂向我所说的话。

Would He contend with me in the greatness of His power? / No; but He would give heed to me.
祂岂用大能与我争辩么？必不这样，祂必理会我。

There the upright man can argue with Him; / So I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
在祂那里，正直人可以与祂辩论；这样，我必永远脱离那审判我的。

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; / And backward, but I do not perceive Him;
看哪，我往前行，祂不在那里；往后走，也看不见祂；

To the left, where He acts, but I cannot look on Him; / He hides Himself on the right, so I cannot see Him.
往左边，祂在那里行事，我不能看到；祂在右边隐藏，我也不能见祂。

But He knows the way that I take; / Should He try me, I would come forth as gold.
然而祂知道我所行的路；祂试炼我之后，我必显出如金子。

My foot has held fast to His steps; / I have kept His way and have not turned aside.
我脚紧随祂的步履；我谨守祂的道路，并不偏离。

As for the commandment of His lips, I have not turned back from it; / I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my apportioned food.
祂嘴唇的命令，我未曾离弃；我珍藏祂口中的言语，过于派定给我的饮食。

But He is of one mind, and who can turn Him? / And what His soul desires, that will He do.
只是祂的心意始终如一，谁能使祂转意呢？祂魂里所愿的，就行出来。

For He performs what has been appointed to me, / And many such things are with Him.
祂向我所派定的，祂必作成；这类的事，祂还有许多。

Therefore I am terrified at His presence; / I consider and am in dread of Him.
所以我在祂面前惊惶；我思念这事，便惧怕祂。

So God has made my heart faint, / And the Almighty has terrified me;
神使我心怯，全能者使我惊惶；

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, / Nor did He cover the deep darkness from my face.
因为我虽面临黑暗，却没有被剪除，祂没有使我的脸遮蔽不见幽暗。