Job 5
1 Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
| קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ |
2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
| כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃ |
3 I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
| אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ |
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
| יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃ |
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
| אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃ |
6 For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
| כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃ |
7 For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
| כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃ |
8 But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
| אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ |
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
| עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ |
10 Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
| הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃ |
11 Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
| לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ |
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
| מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ |
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
| לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ |
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
| יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ |
15 And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
| וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ |
16 So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
| וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ |
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
| הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ |
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
| כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ |
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
| בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃ |
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
| בְּרָעָב פָּֽדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ |
21 Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
| בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃ |
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
| לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ |
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
| כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃ |
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
| וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃ |
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
| וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
26 Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
| תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ |
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
| הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ |
