Job 24
1 Why, seeing times [are] not hid from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
| מַדּוּעַ מִשַׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים וידעו וְיֹדְעָיו לֹא־חָזוּ יָמָֽיו׃ |
2 [Some] remove the landmarks: they violently take away flocks, and [their] feed.
| גְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃ |
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
| חֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שׁוֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃ |
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
| יַטּוּ אֶבְיוֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
5 Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.
| הֵן פְּרָאִים ׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃ |
6 They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
| בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ יקצירו יִקְצוֹרוּ וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ |
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.
| עָרוֹם יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃ |
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
| מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּֽמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃ |
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
| יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃ |
10 They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
| עָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃ |
11 [Who] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] wine-presses, and suffer thirst.
| בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃ |
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
| מֵעִיר מְתִים ׀ יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂים תִּפְלָֽה׃ |
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
| הֵמָּה ׀ הָיוּ בְּֽמֹרְדֵי־אוֹר לֹֽא־הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃ |
14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
| לָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִֽקְטָל־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּֽב׃ |
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.
| וְעֵין נֹאֵף ׀ שָׁמְרָֽה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִֽׂים׃ |
16 In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.
| חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ־לָמוֹ לֹא־יָדְעוּ אֽוֹר׃ |
17 For the morning [is] to them even as the shades of death: if [one] knoweth [them], [they are in] the terrors of the shades of death.
| כִּי יַחְדָּו ׀ בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת כִּֽי־יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ |
18 He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
| קַֽל־הוּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹֽא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃ |
19 Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: [so doth] the grave [those who] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
| צִיָּה גַם־חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁלֶג שְׁאוֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃ (Sheol h7585) |
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
| יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם ׀ מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָֽה׃ |
21 He oppresseth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
| רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִֽיב׃ |
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
| וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ יָקוּם וְֽלֹא־יַאֲמִין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃ |
23 [Though] it is given him [to be] in safety, on which he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
| יִתֶּן־לוֹ לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃ |
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [others], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
| רוֹמּוּ מְּעַט ׀ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃ |
25 And if [it is] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech of no worth?
| וְאִם־לֹא אֵפוֹ מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִֽי׃ |
