Job 9
1 Then Job answered,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 "Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
| אׇמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃ |
3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.
| אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ לֹֽא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃ |
4 For he is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
| חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ |
5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
| הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ |
6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
| הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַּלָּצֽוּן׃ |
7 He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.
| הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כּוֹכָבִים יַחְתֹּֽם׃ |
8 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
| נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדּוֹ וְדוֹרֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָֽם׃ |
9 He makes Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, and the chambers of the south.
| עֹֽשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָֽן׃ |
10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
| עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ |
11 Look, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.
| הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ׃ |
12 Look, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
| הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ |
13 "God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
| אֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ תַּחְתָּו שָׁחֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָֽהַב׃ |
14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?
| אַף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמּֽוֹ׃ |
15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make petition to my judge.
| אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ |
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.
| אִם־קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹֽא־אַאֲמִין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִין קוֹלִֽי׃ |
17 For he bruises me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
| אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּֽם׃ |
18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
| לֹֽא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ |
19 If it is a matter of strength, look, he is mighty. And if of justice, who will summon him?
| אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃ |
20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
| אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תׇּֽם־אָנִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ |
21 I am blameless. I do not regard myself. I despise my life.
| תׇּֽם־אָנִי לֹֽא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּֽי׃ |
22 "It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
| אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃ |
23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
| אִם־שׁוֹט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָֽג׃ |
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
| אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפוֹא מִי־הֽוּא׃ |
25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
| וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טוֹבָֽה׃ |
26 They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
| חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃ |
27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
| אִם־אׇמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ |
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
| יָגֹרְתִּי כׇל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ |
29 I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
| אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָֽע׃ |
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands with lye,
| אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי (במו) [בְמֵי־]שָׁלֶג וַהֲזִכּוֹתִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּֽי׃ |
31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
| אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃ |
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
| כִּֽי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
33 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
| לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מוֹכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדוֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃ |
34 Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
| יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְ ט וֹ וְאֵמָתוֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ |
35 then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
| אֲֽדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
