Job 14
1 “Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!
| אדם ילוד אשה-- קצר ימים ושבע-רגז |
2 As a flower he has gone forth, and is cut off, And he flees as a shadow and does not stand.
| כציץ יצא וימל ויברח כצל ולא יעמוד |
3 Also—on this You have opened Your eyes, and bring me into judgment with You.
| אף-על-זה פקחת עינך ואתי תביא במשפט עמך |
4 Who gives a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
| מי-יתן טהור מטמא-- לא אחד |
5 If his days are determined, The number of his months [are] with You, You have made his limit, And he does not pass over;
| אם חרוצים ימיו--מספר-חדשיו אתך חקו עשית ולא יעבר |
6 Look away from off him that he may cease, Until he enjoy as a hired worker his day.
| שעה מעליו ויחדל-- עד-ירצה כשכיר יומו |
7 For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, That it changes again, That its tender branch does not cease.
| כי יש לעץ תקוה אם-יכרת ועוד יחליף וינקתו לא תחדל |
8 If its root becomes old in the earth, And its stem dies in the dust,
| אם-יזקין בארץ שרשו ובעפר ימות גזעו |
9 From the fragrance of water it flourishes, And has made a crop as a plant.
| מריח מים יפרח ועשה קציר כמו-נטע |
10 And a man dies, and becomes weak, And man expires, and where [is] he?
| וגבר ימות ויחלש ויגוע אדם ואיו |
11 Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becomes waste and dry.
| אזלו-מים מני-ים ונהר יחרב ויבש |
12 And man has lain down, and does not rise, Until the wearing out of the heavens they do not awaken, Nor are roused from their sleep.
| ואיש שכב ולא-יקום עד-בלתי שמים לא יקיצו ולא-יערו משנתם |
13 O that You would conceal me in Sheol, Hide me until the turning of Your anger, Set a limit for me, and remember me. (Sheol h7585)
| מי יתן בשאול תצפנני-- תסתירני עד-שוב אפך תשית לי חק ותזכרני (Sheol h7585) |
14 If a man dies—does he revive? All [the] days of my warfare I wait, until my change comes.
| אם-ימות גבר היחיה כל-ימי צבאי איחל-- עד-בוא חליפתי |
15 You call, and I answer You; To the work of Your hands You have desire.
| תקרא ואנכי אענך למעשה ידיך תכסף |
16 But now, You number my steps, You do not watch over my sin.
| כי-עתה צעדי תספור לא-תשמר על-חטאתי |
17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and You sew up my iniquity.
| חתם בצרור פשעי ותטפל על-עוני |
18 And yet, a falling mountain wastes away, and a rock is removed from its place.
| ואולם הר-נופל יבול וצור יעתק ממקמו |
19 Waters have worn away stones, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And You have destroyed the hope of man.
| אבנים שחקו מים-- תשטף-ספיחיה עפר-ארץ ותקות אנוש האבדת |
20 You prevail [over] him forever, and he goes, He is changing his countenance, And You send him away.
| תתקפהו לנצח ויהלך משנה פניו ותשלחהו |
21 His sons are honored, and he does not know; And they are little, and he does not attend to them.
| יכבדו בניו ולא ידע ויצערו ולא-יבין למו |
22 Only—his flesh is pained for him, And his soul mourns for him.”
| אך-בשרו עליו יכאב ונפשו עליו תאבל |
