איוב 5

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

Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.

2 כִּֽי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרׇג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃

Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.

3 אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.

4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃

His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.

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

Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.

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

Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.

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

Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.

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

Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.

9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃

He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

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

He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.

11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.

12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂנָה יְדֵיהֶם תֻּֽשִׁיָּֽה׃

He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.

13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעׇרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

14 יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצׇּהֳרָֽיִם׃

They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night.

15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.

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

Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.

18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וְיָדָו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.

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

He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you.

20 בְּֽרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃

During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.

21 בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.

22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃

In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.

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

For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.

24 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־שָׁלוֹם אׇהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃

And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.

25 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.

26 תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.

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

Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind.