איוב 5

1 קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃

But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.

2 כִּֽי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרׇג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃

For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

3 אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃

Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

5 אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃

For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

6 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃

For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:

7 כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃

yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.

8 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃

Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃

who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

10 הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃

who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:

11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:

12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂנָה יְדֵיהֶם תֻּֽשִׁיָּֽה׃

frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:

13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעׇרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty

14 יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצׇּהֳרָֽיִם׃

In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.

16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.

17 הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃

But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וְיָדָו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.

19 בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹֽא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃

Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

20 בְּֽרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃

In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.

21 בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃

He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃

Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

23 כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הׇשְׁלְמָה־לָּֽךְ׃

For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

24 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־שָׁלוֹם אׇהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃

Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.

25 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

And thou shalt know that thy seed [shall be] abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.

26 תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

27 הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃

Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything [wrong].