איוב 7
| הֲלֹֽא־צָבָא לֶֽאֱנוֹשׁ (על) [עֲלֵי־]אָרֶץ וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָֽיו׃ | 1 |
Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
| כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵל וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פׇעֳלֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening, like a hired man looks for his wages—
| כֵּן הׇנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי־שָׁוְא וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃ | 3 |
so I have been made to endure months of misery; I have been given trouble-filled nights.
| אִם־שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד־עָרֶב וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃ | 4 |
When I lie down, I say to myself, 'When will I get up and when will the night be gone?' I am full of tossing to and fro until the day's dawning.
| לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה (ו ג יש) [וְגוּשׁ] עָפָר עוֹרִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ | 5 |
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; the sores in my skin harden up and then dissolve and run afresh.
| יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃ | 6 |
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they pass without hope.
| זְכֹר כִּי־רוּחַ חַיָּי לֹֽא־תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טֽוֹב׃ | 7 |
God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; my eye will no more see good.
| לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עֵין רֹאִי עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ | 8 |
The eye of God, who sees me, will see me no more; God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
| כָּלָה עָנָן וַיֵּלַךְ כֵּן יוֹרֵד שְׁאוֹל לֹא יַעֲלֶֽה׃ (Sheol h7585) | 9 |
As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
| לֹא־יָשׁוּב עוֹד לְבֵיתוֹ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 10 |
He will return no more to his house; neither will his place know him again.
| גַּם־אֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱשׇׂךְ ־ פִּי אֲֽדַבְּרָה בְּצַר רוּחִי אָשִׂיחָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 11 |
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
| הֲֽיָם־אָנִי אִם־תַּנִּין כִּֽי־תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָֽר׃ | 12 |
Am I the sea or a sea monster that you place a guard over me?
| כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂי יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃ | 13 |
When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
| וְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמוֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 14 |
then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
| וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי מָוֶת מֵעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 15 |
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than preserving these bones of mine.
| מָאַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָם אֶחְיֶה חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־הֶבֶל יָמָֽי׃ | 16 |
I loathe my life; I would not wish to always be alive; let me alone for my days are useless.
| מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִֽי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 17 |
What is man that you should pay attention to him, that you should set your mind on him,
| וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִים לִרְגָעִים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃ | 18 |
that you should observe him every morning and test him every moment?
| כַּמָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי לֹֽא־תַרְפֵּנִי עַד־בִּלְעִי רֻקִּֽי׃ | 19 |
How long will it be before you look away from me, before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva?
| חָטָאתִי מָה אֶפְעַל ׀ לָךְ נֹצֵר הָאָדָם לָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ | 20 |
Even if I have sinned, what would that do to you, you who watch men? Why have you made a target of me, so that I am a burden for you?
| וּמֶה ׀ לֹֽא־תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי וְתַעֲבִיר אֶת־עֲוֺנִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּב וְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ | 21 |
Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust; you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”
