Job 5
1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
| קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ |
2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
| כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃ |
3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
| אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ |
4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
| יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃ |
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
| אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃ |
6 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃ |
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
| כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃ |
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
| אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ |
9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
| עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ |
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
| הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃ |
11 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
| לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ |
12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
| מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ |
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
| לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ |
14 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
| יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ |
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
| וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ |
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
| וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ |
17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
| הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ |
18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
| כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ |
19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
| בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃ |
20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
| בְּרָעָב פָּֽדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ |
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
| בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃ |
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
| לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ |
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
| כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃ |
24 You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
| וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃ |
25 You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
| וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
| תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ |
27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
| הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ |
