איוב 22
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
| הַלְאֵל יִסְכׇּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ | 2 |
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
| הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ | 3 |
[Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
| הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 4 |
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
| הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | 5 |
[Is] not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
| כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ | 6 |
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
| לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ | 7 |
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
| וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ | 8 |
But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
| אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃ | 9 |
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
| עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃ | 10 |
Therefore snares [are] round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
| אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | 11 |
Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
| הֲֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃ | 12 |
[Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
| וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ | 13 |
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
| עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ | 14 |
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
| הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמוֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ | 15 |
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
| אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃ | 16 |
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
| הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃ | 17 |
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
| וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ | 18 |
Yet he filled their houses with good [things: ] but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
| יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃ | 19 |
The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
| אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃ | 20 |
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
| הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלָם בָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃ | 21 |
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
| קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ | 22 |
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
| אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאׇהֳלֶֽךָ׃ | 23 |
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
| וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃ | 24 |
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
| וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃ | 25 |
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
| כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ | 26 |
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
| תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ | 27 |
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
| וְֽתִגְזַר־אֹמֶר וְיָקׇם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַהּ אֽוֹר׃ | 28 |
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
| כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ | 29 |
When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
| יְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ | 30 |
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
