¹Respondens autem Job, ait:Then Job answered by saying:

¹Respondens autem Job, ait:Then Job answered by saying:

²Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus,Now again my conversation is in bitterness,et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum.and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.

²Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus,Now again my conversation is in bitterness,et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum.and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.

³Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum,Who will grant me that I might know and find him,et veniam usque ad solium ejus?and that I may approach even to his throne?

³Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum,Who will grant me that I might know and find him,et veniam usque ad solium ejus?and that I may approach even to his throne?

⁴Ponam coram eo judicium,I would place judgment before his eye,et os meum replebo increpationibus:and my mouth would fill with criticism,

⁴Ponam coram eo judicium,I would place judgment before his eye,et os meum replebo increpationibus:and my mouth would fill with criticism,

⁵ut sciam verba quæ mihi respondeat,so that I may know the words that he will answer meet intelligam quid loquatur mihi.and understand what he will say to me.

⁵ut sciam verba quæ mihi respondeat,so that I may know the words that he will answer meet intelligam quid loquatur mihi.and understand what he will say to me.

⁶Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum,I do not want him to contend with me with much strength,nec magnitudinis suæ mole me premat.nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.

⁶Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum,I do not want him to contend with me with much strength,nec magnitudinis suæ mole me premat.nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.

⁷Proponat æquitatem contra me,Let him show fairness in response to me,et perveniat ad victoriam judicium meum.and let my judgment reach to victory.

⁷Proponat æquitatem contra me,Let him show fairness in response to me,et perveniat ad victoriam judicium meum.and let my judgment reach to victory.

⁸Si ad orientem iero,If I go to the east,non apparet;he does not appear;si ad occidentem,if I go to the west,non intelligam eum.I will not understand him.

⁸Si ad orientem iero,If I go to the east,non apparet;he does not appear;si ad occidentem,if I go to the west,non intelligam eum.I will not understand him.

⁹Si ad sinistram,If I turn to the left,quid agam?what can I do?non apprehendam eum;I will not take hold of him.si me vertam ad dexteram,If I turn myself to the right,non videbo illum.I will not see him.

⁹Si ad sinistram,If I turn to the left,quid agam?what can I do?non apprehendam eum;I will not take hold of him.si me vertam ad dexteram,If I turn myself to the right,non videbo illum.I will not see him.

¹⁰Ipse vero scit viam meam,Truly,et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit.he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.

¹⁰Ipse vero scit viam meam,Truly,et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit.he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.

¹¹Vestigia ejus secutus est pes meus:My feet have been following his footsteps;viam ejus custodivi,I have kept to his wayet non declinavi ex ea.and have not strayed from it.

¹¹Vestigia ejus secutus est pes meus:My feet have been following his footsteps;viam ejus custodivi,I have kept to his wayet non declinavi ex ea.and have not strayed from it.

¹²A mandatis labiorum ejus non recessi,I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips,et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris ejus.and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.

¹²A mandatis labiorum ejus non recessi,I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips,et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris ejus.and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.

¹³Ipse enim solus est,For he is alone,et nemo avertere potest cogitationem ejus:and no one is able to disturb his intention;et anima ejus quodcumque voluit,and whatever his spirit wills,hoc fecit.that he accomplishes.

¹³Ipse enim solus est,For he is alone,et nemo avertere potest cogitationem ejus:and no one is able to disturb his intention;et anima ejus quodcumque voluit,and whatever his spirit wills,hoc fecit.that he accomplishes.

¹⁴Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam,And when he fulfills his will in me,et alia multa similia præsto sunt ei.many other similar ones will also be present with him.

¹⁴Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam,And when he fulfills his will in me,et alia multa similia præsto sunt ei.many other similar ones will also be present with him.

¹⁵Et idcirco a facie ejus turbatus sum,And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence,et considerans eum,and, when I consider him,timore sollicitor.I am approached by fear.

¹⁵Et idcirco a facie ejus turbatus sum,And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence,et considerans eum,and, when I consider him,timore sollicitor.I am approached by fear.

¹⁶Deus mollivit cor meum,God has weakened my heart,et Omnipotens conturbavit me.and the Almighty has confused me.

¹⁶Deus mollivit cor meum,God has weakened my heart,et Omnipotens conturbavit me.and the Almighty has confused me.

¹⁷Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras,Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness,nec faciem meam operuit caligo.nor has gloom covered my face.

¹⁷Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras,Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness,nec faciem meam operuit caligo.nor has gloom covered my face.