איוב 30
| וְעַתָּה ׀ שָׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִֽי׃ | 1 |
But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
| גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימוֹ אָבַד כָּֽלַח׃ | 2 |
Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was perished?
| בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ | 3 |
For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
| הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָֽם׃ | 4 |
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their meat.
| מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ | 5 |
They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] a thief; )
| בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִֽים׃ | 6 |
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, [in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks.
| בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ | 7 |
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
| בְּֽנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 8 |
[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
| וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּֽה׃ | 9 |
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
| תִּעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃ | 10 |
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
| כִּֽי־[יִתְרִי] (יתרו) פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ | 11 |
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
| עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אׇרְחוֹת אֵידָֽם׃ | 12 |
Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
| נָֽתְסוּ נְֽתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָֽמוֹ׃ | 13 |
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
| כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת שֹׁאָה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ | 14 |
They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters: ] in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].
| הׇהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃ | 15 |
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
| וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 16 |
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
| לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ | 17 |
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
| בְּרׇב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתׇּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵֽנִי׃ | 18 |
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
| הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ | 19 |
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
| אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַֽעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּֽי׃ | 20 |
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
| תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃ | 21 |
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
| תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי (תשוה) [תּוּשִׁיָּֽה]׃ | 22 |
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.
| כִּֽי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכׇל־חָֽי׃ | 23 |
For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
| אַךְ לֹֽא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שֽׁוּעַ׃ | 24 |
Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
| אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יוֹם עָֽגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | 25 |
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
| כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר וַיָּבֹא אֹֽפֶל׃ | 26 |
When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me: ] and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
| מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 27 |
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
| קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃ | 28 |
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.
| אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃ | 29 |
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
| עוֹרִי שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃ | 30 |
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
| וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִֽים׃ | 31 |
My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
