Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?
| אׇמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃ |
3 For if he would enter into judgment with him, [God] would not listen to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
| אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ לֹֽא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃ |
4 For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
| חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ |
5 Who wears out the mountains, and [men] know it not: who overturns them in anger.
| הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ |
6 Who shakes the [earth] under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.
| הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַּלָּצֽוּן׃ |
7 Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
| הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כּוֹכָבִים יַחְתֹּֽם׃ |
8 Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.
| נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדּוֹ וְדוֹרֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָֽם׃ |
9 Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.
| עֹֽשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָֽן׃ |
10 Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable.
| עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ |
11 If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known [it].
| הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ׃ |
12 If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What have you done?
| הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ |
13 For [if] he has turned away [his] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.
| אֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ תַּחְתָּו שָׁחֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָֽהַב׃ |
14 Oh then that he would listen to me, or judge my cause.
| אַף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמּֽוֹ׃ |
15 For though I be righteous, he will not listen to me: I will entreat his judgment.
| אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ |
16 And if I should call and he should not listen, I can’t believe that he has listened to my voice.
| אִם־קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹֽא־אַאֲמִין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִין קוֹלִֽי׃ |
17 Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause.
| אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּֽם׃ |
18 For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
| לֹֽא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ |
19 For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?
| אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃ |
20 For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
| אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תׇּֽם־אָנִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ |
21 For even if I have sinned, I know it not [in] my soul: but my life is taken away.
| תׇּֽם־אָנִי לֹֽא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּֽי׃ |
22 Therefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
| אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃ |
23 For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
| אִם־שׁוֹט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָֽג׃ |
24 For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous [man]: he covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it be not he, who is it?
| אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפוֹא מִי־הֽוּא׃ |
25 But my life is swifter than a post: [my days] have fled away, and they knew it not.
| וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טוֹבָֽה׃ |
26 Or again, is there a trace of [their] path [left] by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks [its] prey?
| חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃ |
27 And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;
| אִם־אׇמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ |
28 I quake in all my limbs, for I know that you will not leave me alone [as] innocent.
| יָגֹרְתִּי כׇל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ |
29 But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?
| אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָֽע׃ |
30 For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,
| אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי (במו) [בְמֵי־]שָׁלֶג וַהֲזִכּוֹתִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּֽי׃ |
31 you had thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.
| אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃ |
32 For you are not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.
| כִּֽי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
33 Would that [he] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both.
| לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מוֹכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדוֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃ |
34 Let him remove [his] rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
| יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְ ט וֹ וְאֵמָתוֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ |
35 so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious [of guilt].
| אֲֽדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
