Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
| עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃ |
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
| זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃ |
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remaineth with myself.
| וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃ |
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
| אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃ |
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
| דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃ |
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
| הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
| אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃ |
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
| כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃ |
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree.
| יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ |
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me to him as one of his enemies.
| וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃ |
12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp around my tent.
| יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃ |
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
| אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ |
14 My kinsmen have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
| חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ |
15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
| גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ |
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
| לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ |
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I make supplication to the children of my own body.
| רוּחִֽי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃ |
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.
| גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃ |
19 All my close friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
| תִּֽעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶֽה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃ |
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
| בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ |
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
| חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃ |
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
| לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ |
23 O that my words were now written! O that they were printed in a book!
| מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִֽי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ |
24 That they were engraved with an iron pen in lead in the rock for ever!
| בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ |
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
| וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃ |
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
| וְאַחַר עוֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶֽחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ |
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
| אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃ |
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
| כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃ |
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
| גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שדין שַׁדּֽוּן׃ |
