איוב 27

1 וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

2 חַי־אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

3 כִּי־כׇל־עוֹד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלוֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃

As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

4 אִם־תְּדַבֵּרְנָה שְׂפָתַי עַוְלָה וּלְשׁוֹנִי אִם־יֶהְגֶּה רְמִיָּֽה׃

My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.

5 חָלִילָה לִּי אִם־אַצְדִּיק אֶתְכֶם עַד־אֶגְוָע לֹֽא־אָסִיר תֻּמָּתִי מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

6 בְּצִדְקָתִי הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹא אַרְפֶּהָ לֹא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָֽי׃

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

7 יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקוֹמְמִי כְעַוָּֽל׃

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

8 כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

9 הֲֽצַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עָלָיו צָרָֽה׃

Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

10 אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּכׇל־עֵֽת׃

Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

11 אוֹרֶה אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד־אֵל אֲשֶׁר עִם־שַׁדַּי לֹא אֲכַחֵֽד׃

I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

12 הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃

Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

13 זֶה ׀ חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע ׀ עִם־אֵל וְֽנַחֲלַת עָרִיצִים מִשַּׁדַּי יִקָּֽחוּ׃

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14 אִם־יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמוֹ־חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָֽחֶם׃

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

15 שְׂרִידָו בַּמָּוֶת יִקָּבֵרוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

16 אִם־יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

17 יָכִין וְצַדִּיק יִלְבָּשׁ וְכֶסֶף נָקִי יַחֲלֹֽק׃

He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתוֹ וּכְסֻכָּה עָשָׂה נֹצֵֽר׃

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

19 עָשִׁיר יִשְׁכַּב וְלֹא יֵאָסֵף עֵינָיו פָּקַח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

20 תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהוֹת לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

21 יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

22 וְיַשְׁלֵךְ עָלָיו וְלֹא יַחְמֹל מִיָּדוֹ בָּרוֹחַ יִבְרָֽח׃

And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

23 יִשְׂפֹּק עָלֵימוֹ כַפֵּימוֹ וְיִשְׁרֹק עָלָיו מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.