Job 17
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
| רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃ |
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
| אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃ |
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עׇרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ |
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
| כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃ |
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
| לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ |
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
| וְֽהִצִּיגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶֽה׃ |
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
| וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃ |
8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
| יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ |
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
| וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטְהׇר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃ |
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot 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, even the thoughts of my heart.
| יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃ |
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
| לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
| אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) |
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
| לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה׃ |
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
| וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
