Job 27
1 And Job continued taking up his parable, and said,
| ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר׃ |
2 As God liveth, who hath removed justice from me; and by the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul:
| חי אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי׃ |
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
| כי כל עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי׃ |
4 Shall my lips not speak any wrong, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
| אם תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם יהגה רמיה׃ |
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I depart hence will I not allow [any one] to take my integrity away from me.
| חלילה לי אם אצדיק אתכם עד אגוע לא אסיר תמתי ממני׃ |
6 I have laid fast hold on my righteousness, and I will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me [for my conduct] during all my life.
| בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא יחרף לבבי מימי׃ |
7 Like the wicked is [therefore] my enemy, and he that riseth up against me like a wrong-doer.
| יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול׃ |
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?
| כי מה תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו׃ |
9 Will God hear his cry, when distress cometh upon him?
| הצעקתו ישמע אל כי תבוא עליו צרה׃ |
10 Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?
| אם על שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל עת׃ |
11 I will instruct you concerning what is in the hand of God: [the way] which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
| אורה אתכם ביד אל אשר עם שדי לא אכחד׃ |
12 Lo! ye yourselves have all beheld it: why is it then that ye deal in such vanities?
| הן אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה זה הבל תהבלו׃ |
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty.
| זה חלק אדם רשע עם אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו׃ |
14 If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
| אם ירבו בניו למו חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו לחם׃ |
15 Those of his that are left to escape will be buried by death; and his widows will not be able to weep.
| שרידו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה׃ |
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments [as plentifully] as the clay:
| אם יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש׃ |
17 He may prepare, but the righteous will clothe himself [therewith], and the silver the innocent will divide.
| יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק׃ |
18 He buildeth his house like the moth, and like a hut that a keeper hath made.
| בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר׃ |
19 Rich will he lie down, but will not be gathered [into the grave]: one openeth his eyes, and he is no more.
| עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו׃ |
20 Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away.
| תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה׃ |
21 The east wind will lift him up, and he must be gone; and it hurleth him like a storm out of his place.
| ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו׃ |
22 And [God] will cast [evil] upon him, and bare no pity: out of his hand [his wealth] will surely escape.
| וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח׃ |
23 Men will clap their hands over him, and will hiss after him out of his place.
| ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו׃ |
