איוב 7

1 הֲלֹֽא־צָבָא לֶֽאֱנוֹשׁ (על) [עֲלֵי־]אָרֶץ וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָֽיו׃

Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?

2 כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵל וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פׇעֳלֽוֹ׃

Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

3 כֵּן הׇנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי־שָׁוְא וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃

So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.

4 אִם־שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד־עָרֶב וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃

Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

5 לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה (ו ג יש) [וְגוּשׁ] עָפָר עוֹרִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃

And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

6 יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃

And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

7 זְכֹר כִּי־רוּחַ חַיָּי לֹֽא־תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טֽוֹב׃

Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shalt not yet again see good.

8 לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עֵין רֹאִי עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

The eye of him that sees me shall not see me [again]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more.

9 כָּלָה עָנָן וַיֵּלַךְ כֵּן יוֹרֵד שְׁאוֹל לֹא יַעֲלֶֽה׃ (Sheol h7585)

[I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: (Sheol h7585)

10 לֹא־יָשׁוּב עוֹד לְבֵיתוֹ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more.

11 גַּם־אֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱשׇׂךְ ־ פִּי אֲֽדַבְּרָה בְּצַר רוּחִי אָשִׂיחָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.

12 הֲֽיָם־אָנִי אִם־תַּנִּין כִּֽי־תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָֽר׃

Am I a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me?

13 כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂי יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃

I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

14 וְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמוֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃

Thou scarest me with dreams, and dost terrify me with visions.

15 וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי מָוֶת מֵעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

16 מָאַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָם אֶחְיֶה חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־הֶבֶל יָמָֽי׃

For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain.

17 מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִֽי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּֽךָ׃

For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him?

18 וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִים לִרְגָעִים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃

Wilt thou visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest?

19 כַּמָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי לֹֽא־תַרְפֵּנִי עַד־בִּלְעִי רֻקִּֽי׃

How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?

20 חָטָאתִי מָה אֶפְעַל ׀ לָךְ נֹצֵר הָאָדָם לָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּֽׂא׃

If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and [why] am I a burden to thee?

21 וּמֶה ׀ לֹֽא־תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי וְתַעֲבִיר אֶת־עֲוֺנִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּב וְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.