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ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר 1
And Job again took up his discourse, and said,
חי-אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי 2
As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.
כי-כל-עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי 3
(For my life is yet whole in me. And the spirit of God is in my nostrils.)
אם-תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם-יהגה רמיה 4
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
חלילה לי אם-אצדיק אתכם עד-אגוע-- לא-אסיר תמתי ממני 5
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא-יחרף לבבי מימי 6
I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול 7
Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
כי מה-תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו 8
For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?
הצעקתו ישמע אל-- כי-תבוא עליו צרה 9
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
אם-על-שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל-עת 10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
אורה אתכם ביד-אל אשר עם-שדי לא אכחד 11
I will teach you concerning the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
הן-אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה-זה הבל תהבלו 12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain?
זה חלק-אדם רשע עם-אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו 13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
אם-ירבו בניו למו-חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו-לחם 14
If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
שרידיו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה 15
Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
אם-יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש 16
Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,
יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק 17
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר 18
He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes.
עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו 19
He lies down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה 20
Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night.
ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו 21
The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place.
וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח 22
For God shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand.
ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו 23
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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