איוב 10

1 נָֽקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִי אֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.

2 אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and wherefore hast thou thus judged me?

3 הֲטוֹב לְךָ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁק כִּֽי־תִמְאַס יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ וְעַל־עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃

Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? for thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

4 הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאוֹת אֱנוֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? or wilt thou look as a man sees?

5 הֲכִימֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יָמֶיךָ אִם־שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

Or is thy life human, or thy years [the years] of a man,

6 כִּֽי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֺנִי וּֽלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

that thou hast enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins?

7 עַֽל־דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹא אֶרְשָׁע וְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּֽיל׃

For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?

8 יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change [thy mind], and smite me.

9 זְכׇר־נָא כִּֽי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִי וְֽאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

Remember that thou hast made me [as] clay, and thou dost turn me again to earth.

10 הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

Hast thou not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

11 עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּֽבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּשֹׂכְכֵֽנִי׃

And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

12 חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָֽׁמְרָה רוּחִֽי׃

And thou didst bestow upon me life and mercy, and thy oversight has preserved my spirit.

13 וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּֽךְ׃

Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; for nothing is impossible with thee.

14 אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֺנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

And if I should sin, thou watchest me; and thou hast not cleared me from iniquity.

15 אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עׇנְיִֽי׃

Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonour.

16 וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִי וְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

17 תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּי וְתֶרֶב כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי חֲלִיפוֹת וְצָבָא עִמִּֽי׃

renewing against me my torture: and thou hast dealt with me in great anger, and thou hast brought trials upon me.

18 וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹֽא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶה מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָֽל׃

and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

20 הֲלֹֽא־מְעַט יָמַי (יחדל) [וַחֲדָל] (ישית) [וְשִׁית] מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָֽט׃

Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

21 בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;

22 אֶרֶץ עֵפָתָה ׀ כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃

to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can any one] see the life of mortals.