איוב 22
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
| הַלְאֵל יִסְכׇּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ | 2 |
Can a man be profitable unto God? surely he that is wise is 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 |
Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, that he entereth with thee into judgment?
| הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | 5 |
Is not thy wickedness great? neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
| כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ | 6 |
For thou hast taken pledges of 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, he 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, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?
| 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 |
Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
| אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃ | 16 |
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:
| הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃ | 17 |
Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?
| וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ | 18 |
Yet he fired 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 |
[Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
| 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; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
| וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃ | 24 |
And lay thou [thy] treasure in the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
| וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃ | 25 |
And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee.
| כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ | 26 |
For then shalt thou delight thyself 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 light shall shine upon thy ways.
| כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ | 29 |
When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and the humble person he shall save.
| יְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ | 30 |
He shall deliver [even] him that is not innocent: yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands.
