איוב 17
| רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃ | 1 |
“My spirit has been destroyed, My days extinguished—graves [are] for me.
| אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃ | 2 |
If not—mockeries [are] with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עׇרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ | 3 |
Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand with me?
| כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃ | 4 |
For You have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore You do not exalt them.
| לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ | 5 |
For a portion he shows friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
| וְֽהִצִּיגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶֽה׃ | 6 |
And He set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And I am a wonder before them.
| וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃ | 7 |
And my eye is dim from sorrow, And my members—all of them—as a shadow.
| יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ | 8 |
The upright are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the profane.
| וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטְהׇר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃ | 9 |
And the righteous lays hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands adds strength.
| וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃ | 10 |
But please return and come in, all of you, And I do not find a wise man among you.
| יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃ | 11 |
My days have passed by, My plans have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
| לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 12 |
They appoint night for day, Light [is] near because of darkness.
| אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
If I wait—Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my bed. (Sheol h7585)
| לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה׃ | 14 |
To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
| וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 15 |
And where [is] my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?
