איוב 7
| הֲלֹֽא־צָבָא לֶֽאֱנוֹשׁ (על) [עֲלֵי־]אָרֶץ וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָֽיו׃ | 1 |
[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
| כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵל וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פׇעֳלֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
| כֵּן הׇנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי־שָׁוְא וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃ | 3 |
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
| אִם־שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד־עָרֶב וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃ | 4 |
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.
| לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה (ו ג יש) [וְגוּשׁ] עָפָר עוֹרִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ | 5 |
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome.
| יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃ | 6 |
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
| זְכֹר כִּי־רוּחַ חַיָּי לֹֽא־תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טֽוֹב׃ | 7 |
O remember that my life [is] wind: my eye will no more see good.
| לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עֵין רֹאִי עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ | 8 |
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
| כָּלָה עָנָן וַיֵּלַךְ כֵּן יוֹרֵד שְׁאוֹל לֹא יַעֲלֶֽה׃ (Sheol h7585) | 9 |
[As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more]. (Sheol h7585)
| לֹא־יָשׁוּב עוֹד לְבֵיתוֹ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 10 |
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
| 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 a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
| כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂי יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃ | 13 |
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
| וְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמוֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 14 |
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
| וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי מָוֶת מֵעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 15 |
So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
| מָאַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָם אֶחְיֶה חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־הֶבֶל יָמָֽי׃ | 16 |
I lothe [it]; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
| מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִֽי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 17 |
What [is] man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
| וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִים לִרְגָעִים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃ | 18 |
And [that] thou shouldst visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
| כַּמָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי לֹֽא־תַרְפֵּנִי עַד־בִּלְעִי רֻקִּֽי׃ | 19 |
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
| חָטָאתִי מָה אֶפְעַל ׀ לָךְ נֹצֵר הָאָדָם לָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ | 20 |
I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
| וּמֶה ׀ לֹֽא־תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי וְתַעֲבִיר אֶת־עֲוֺנִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּב וְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ | 21 |
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
