Job 30
1 “And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.
| וְעַתָּה ׀ שָֽׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִֽי׃ |
2 Also—the power of their hands, why [is it] to me? On them old age has perished.
| גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימוֹ אָבַד כָּֽלַח׃ |
3 With want and with harsh famine, They are gnawing a dry place [in] the recent night, [In] desolation and ruin,
| בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַֽעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ |
4 Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And their food [is] root of broom trees.
| הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָֽם׃ |
5 They are cast out from the midst (They shout against them as a thief),
| מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ |
6 To dwell in a frightful place of valleys, Holes of earth and clefts.
| בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִֽים׃ |
7 They groan among shrubs, They are gathered together under nettles.
| בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ |
8 Sons of folly—even sons without name, They have been struck from the land.
| בְּֽנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
9 And now, I have been their song, And I am to them for a byword.
| וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּֽה׃ |
10 They have detested me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.
| תִּֽעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃ |
11 Because He loosed His cord and afflicts me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
| כִּֽי־יתרו יִתְרִי פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ |
12 A brood arises on the right hand, They have cast away my feet, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.
| עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחוֹת אֵידָֽם׃ |
13 They have broken down my path, They profit by my calamity: He has no helper.
| נָתְסוּ נְֽתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָֽמוֹ׃ |
14 They come as a wide breach, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.
| כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת שֹׁאָה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ |
15 He has turned terrors against me, It pursues my abundance as the wind, And as a thick cloud, My safety has passed away.
| הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃ |
16 And now, in me my soul pours itself out, Days of affliction seize me.
| וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ |
17 [At] night my bone has been pierced in me, And my gnawing [pain] does not lie down.
| לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ |
18 By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it girds me.
| בְּרָב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃ |
19 Casting me into mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
| הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ |
20 I cry to You, And You do not answer me, I have stood, and You consider me.
| אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּֽי׃ |
21 You are turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Your hand, You oppress me.
| תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃ |
22 You lift me up, You cause me to ride on the wind, And You melt—You level me.
| תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי תשוה תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ |
23 For I have known You bring me back [to] death, And [to] the house appointed for all living.
| כִּֽי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכָל־חָֽי׃ |
24 Surely not against the heap Does He send forth the hand, Though they have safety in its ruin.
| אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שֽׁוּעַ׃ |
25 Did I not weep for him whose day is hard? My soul has grieved for the needy.
| אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יוֹם עָֽגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ |
26 When I expected good, then comes evil, And I wait for light, and darkness comes.
| כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר וַיָּבֹא אֹֽפֶל׃ |
27 My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Days of affliction have gone before me.
| מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ |
28 I have gone mourning without the sun, I have risen, I cry in an assembly.
| קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃ |
29 I have been a brother to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
| אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃ |
30 My skin has been black on me, And my bone has burned from heat,
| עוֹרִי שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃ |
31 And my harp becomes mourning, And my pipe the sound of weeping.”
| וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִֽים׃ |
