איוב 17
| רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃ | 1 |
My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves [are] for me.
| אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃ | 2 |
If not — mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עׇרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ | 3 |
Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
| כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃ | 4 |
For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
| לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ | 5 |
For a portion he sheweth 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 a wonder before them I am.
| וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃ | 7 |
And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
| יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ | 8 |
Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
| וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטְהׇר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃ | 9 |
And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.
| וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃ | 10 |
Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
| יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃ | 11 |
My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
| לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 12 |
Night for day they appoint, 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 couch. (Sheol h7585)
| לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה׃ | 14 |
To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
| וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 15 |
And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
