איוב 13
| הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָֽׁמְעָה אׇזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָֽהּ׃ | 1 |
“Behold, my eye has seen all, My ear has heard, and it attends to it.
| כְּֽדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִי לֹֽא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּֽם׃ | 2 |
According to your knowledge I have known—also I. I am not more fallen than you.
| אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃ | 3 |
Yet I speak for the Mighty One, And I delight to argue for God.
| וְֽאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ | 4 |
And yet, you [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nothing—all of you,
| מִי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחׇכְמָֽה׃ | 5 |
O that you would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
| שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תוֹכַחְתִּי וְרִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃ | 6 |
Please hear my argument, And attend to the pleadings of my lips,
| הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה וְלוֹ תְּֽדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּֽה׃ | 7 |
Do you speak perverseness for God? And do you speak deceit for Him?
| הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן אִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃ | 8 |
Do you accept His face, if you strive for God?
| הֲטוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם אִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנוֹשׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
Is [it] good that He searches you, If, as one mocks at a man, you mock at Him?
| הוֹכֵחַ יוֹכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם אִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃ | 10 |
He surely reproves you, if you accept faces in secret.
| הֲלֹא שְׂאֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם וּפַחְדּוֹ יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | 11 |
Does His excellence not terrify you? And His dread fall on you?
| זִֽכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ | 12 |
Your remembrances [are] allegories of ashes, For high places of clay [are] your heights.
| הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָֽה׃ | 13 |
Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me what will.
| עַל־מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּֽי׃ | 14 |
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
| הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי (לא) [לוֹ] אֲיַחֵל אַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃ | 15 |
Behold, He slays me—I do not wait! Only, I argue my ways to His face.
| גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִישׁוּעָה כִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֽוֹא׃ | 16 |
Also—He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane do not come before Him.
| שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וְאַחֲוָתִי בְּאׇזְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | 17 |
Hear my word diligently, And my declaration with your ears.
| הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּֽק׃ | 18 |
Now behold, I have set the cause in order, I have known that I am righteous.
| מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ | 19 |
Who [is] he that strives with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.
| אַךְ־שְׁתַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵֽר׃ | 20 |
Only two things, O God, do with me, Then I am not hidden from Your face:
| כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 21 |
Put Your hand far off from me, And do not let Your terror terrify me.
| וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶה אֽוֹ־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ | 22 |
And You call, and I answer, Or—I speak, and You answer me.
| כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֺנוֹת וְחַטָּאוֹת פִּֽשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 23 |
How many iniquities and sins do I have? Let me know my transgression and my sin.
| לָֽמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לָֽךְ׃ | 24 |
Why do You hide Your face? And reckon me for an enemy to You?
| הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרוֹץ וְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃ | 25 |
Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble?
| כִּֽי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֹת וְתוֹרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃ | 26 |
For You write bitter things against me, And cause me to possess iniquities of my youth,
| וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמוֹר כׇּל־אׇרְחוֹתָי עַל־שׇׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃ | 27 |
And you put my feet in the stocks, And observe all my paths—You set a print on the roots of my feet,
| וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָֽשׁ׃ | 28 |
And he, as a rotten thing, wears away, A moth has consumed him as a garment.”
