Job 17
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.
| רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃ |
2 Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?
| אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃ |
3 Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ |
4 For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].
| כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃ |
5 He that betrayeth friends for a prey — even the eyes of his children shall fail.
| לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ |
6 And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
| וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ |
7 And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.
| וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִֽיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃ |
8 Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;
| יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ |
9 But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.
| וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃ |
10 But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
| וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃ |
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
| יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃ |
12 They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.
| לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
| אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) |
14 I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
| לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ |
15 And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?
| וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
