Job 17
1 “My spirit has been destroyed, My days extinguished—graves [are] for me.
| רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃ |
2 If not—mockeries [are] with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.
| אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃ |
3 Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand with me?
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ |
4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore You do not exalt them.
| כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃ |
5 For a portion he shows friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
| לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ |
6 And He set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And I am a wonder before them.
| וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ |
7 And my eye is dim from sorrow, And my members—all of them—as a shadow.
| וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִֽיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃ |
8 The upright are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the profane.
| יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ |
9 And the righteous lays hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands adds strength.
| וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃ |
10 But please return and come in, all of you, And I do not find a wise man among you.
| וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃ |
11 My days have passed by, My plans have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
| יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃ |
12 They appoint night for day, Light [is] near because of darkness.
| לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
| אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) |
14 To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
| לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ |
15 And where [is] my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?
| וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
