איוב 10

1 נָֽקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִי אֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

My soule is cut off though I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my selfe, and wil speake in the bitternesse of my soule.

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

I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

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

Thinkest thou it good to oppresse me, and to cast off the labour of thine handes, and to fauour the counsel of the wicked?

4 הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאוֹת אֱנוֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Hast thou carnall eyes? or doest thou see as man seeth?

5 הֲכִימֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יָמֶיךָ אִם־שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

Are thy dayes as mans dayes? or thy yeres, as the time of man,

6 כִּֽי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֺנִי וּֽלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

That thou inquirest of mine iniquitie, and searchest out my sinne?

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

Thou knowest that I can not do wickedly: for none can deliuer me out of thine hand.

8 יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

Thine handes haue made me, and fashioned mee wholy rounde about, and wilt thou destroy me?

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

Remember, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?

10 הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

Hast thou not powred me out as milke? and turned me to cruds like cheese?

11 עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּֽבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּשֹׂכְכֵֽנִי׃

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and ioyned me together with bones and sinewes.

12 חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָֽׁמְרָה רוּחִֽי׃

Thou hast giuen me life, and grace: and thy visitation hath preserued my spirit.

13 וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּֽךְ׃

Though thou hast hid these things in thine heart, yet I knowe that it is so with thee.

14 אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֺנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

If I haue sinned, then thou wilt streightly looke vnto me, and wilt not holde mee giltlesse of mine iniquitie.

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

If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.

16 וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִי וְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

But let it increase: hunt thou me as a lyon: returne and shew thy selfe marueilous vpon me.

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

Thou renuest thy plagues against me, and thou increasest thy wrath against me: changes and armies of sorowes are against me.

18 וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹֽא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

Wherfore then hast thou brought me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seene me!

19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶה מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָֽל׃

And that I were as I had not bene, but brought from the wombe to the graue!

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

Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

21 בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

Before I goe and shall not returne, euen to the land of darkenesse and shadow of death:

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

Into a land, I say, darke as darknes it selfe, and into the shadow of death, where is none order, but the light is there as darkenesse.