Job 17
1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
| רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃ |
2 Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
| אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרֹותָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃ |
3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ |
4 For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
| כִּֽי־לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃ |
5 He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
| לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ |
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
| וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ |
7 Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
| וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃ |
8 Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
| יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ |
9 Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
| וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃ |
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
| וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃ |
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
| יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מֹ֖ורָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃ |
12 They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
| לַ֭יְלָה לְיֹ֣ום יָשִׂ֑ימוּ אֹ֝֗ור קָרֹ֥וב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
13 If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
| אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁאֹ֣ול בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) |
14 If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';
| לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ |
15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
| וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפֹ֣ו תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
