איוב 19

1 וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then Job answered and said,

2 עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

3 זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.

4 וְאַף־אׇמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃

And be it indeed [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

5 אִם־אׇמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִֽי׃

If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

6 דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּֽי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

7 הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

8 אׇרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

9 כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.

10 יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

11 וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.

12 יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאׇהֳלִֽי׃

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

13 אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

14 חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

15 גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נׇכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

16 לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃

I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17 רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s [sake] of mine own body.

18 גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

19 תִּעֲבוּנִי כׇּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20 בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21 חׇנֻּנִי חׇנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

24 בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25 וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃

For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:

26 וְאַחַר עוֹרִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃

And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:

27 אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.

28 כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדׇּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

29 גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן (שדין) [שַׁדּֽוּן]׃

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment.