איוב 30

1 וְעַתָּה ׀ שָׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִֽי׃

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

2 גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימוֹ אָבַד כָּֽלַח׃

Yea, whereto [should] the strength of their hands [profit] me, [men] in whom vigour hath perished?

3 בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃

Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:

4 הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָֽם׃

They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.

5 מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

They are driven forth from among [men] — they cry after them as after a thief —

6 בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִֽים׃

To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:

7 בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃

They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:

8 בְּֽנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.

9 וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּֽה׃

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

10 תִּעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.

11 כִּֽי־[יִתְרִי] (יתרו) פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃

For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.

12 עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אׇרְחוֹת אֵידָֽם׃

At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

13 נָֽתְסוּ נְֽתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָֽמוֹ׃

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, without any to help them;

14 כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת שֹׁאָה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.

15 הׇהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃

Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.

16 וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

17 לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃

The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:

18 בְּרׇב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתׇּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵֽנִי׃

By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.

19 הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר׃

He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

20 אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַֽעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּֽי׃

I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.

21 תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.

22 תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי (תשוה) [תּוּשִׁיָּֽה]׃

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance.

23 כִּֽי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכׇל־חָֽי׃

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.

24 אַךְ לֹֽא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שֽׁוּעַ׃

Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

25 אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יוֹם עָֽגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

26 כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר וַיָּבֹא אֹֽפֶל׃

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

27 מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.

28 קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.

29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

30 עוֹרִי שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃

My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat.

31 וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִֽים׃

My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.