איוב 17
| רוחי חבלה ימי נזעכו קברים לי | 1 |
My spirit is consumed, and my days are over; the grave is ready for me.
| אם-לא התלים עמדי ובהמרותם תלן עיני | 2 |
Surely there are mockers with me; my eye must always see their provocation.
| שימה-נא ערבני עמך מי הוא לידי יתקע | 3 |
Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; who else is there who will help me?
| כי-לבם צפנת משכל על-כן לא תרמם | 4 |
For you, God, have kept their hearts from understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them over me.
| לחלק יגיד רעים ועיני בניו תכלנה | 5 |
He who denounces his friends for a reward, the eyes of his children will fail.
| והציגני למשל עמים ותפת לפנים אהיה | 6 |
But he has made me a byword of the people; they spit in my face.
| ותכה מכעש עיני ויצרי כצל כלם | 7 |
My eye is also dim because of sorrow; all my body parts are as thin as shadows.
| ישמו ישרים על-זאת ונקי על-חנף יתערר | 8 |
Upright men will be stunned by this; the innocent man will stir himself up against godless men.
| ויאחז צדיק דרכו וטהר-ידים יסיף אמץ | 9 |
The righteous man will keep to his way; he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
| ואולם--כלם תשבו ובאו נא ולא-אמצא בכם חכם | 10 |
But as for you all, come on now; I will not find a wise man among you.
| ימי עברו זמתי נתקו-- מורשי לבבי | 11 |
My days are past; my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
| לילה ליום ישימו אור קרוב מפני-חשך | 12 |
These people, these mockers, change the night into day; light is near to darkness.
| אם-אקוה שאול ביתי בחשך רפדתי יצועי (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
If the only home I hope for is Sheol; and if I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
| לשחת קראתי אבי אתה אמי ואחתי לרמה | 14 |
and if I have said to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother or my sister,'
| ואיה אפו תקותי ותקותי מי ישורנה | 15 |
where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see any?
