איוב 9
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered,
| אׇמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃ | 2 |
“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
| אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ לֹֽא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃ | 3 |
If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
| חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ | 4 |
God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
| הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ | 5 |
He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
| הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַּלָּצֽוּן׃ | 6 |
He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
| הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כּוֹכָבִים יַחְתֹּֽם׃ | 7 |
He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.
| נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדּוֹ וְדוֹרֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָֽם׃ | 8 |
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
| עֹֽשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָֽן׃ | 9 |
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
| עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ | 10 |
He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
| הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ׃ | 11 |
Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
| הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ | 12 |
Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
| אֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ תַּחְתָּו שָׁחֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָֽהַב׃ | 13 |
“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
| אַף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמּֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
| אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ | 15 |
Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
| אִם־קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹֽא־אַאֲמִין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִין קוֹלִֽי׃ | 16 |
If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
| אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּֽם׃ | 17 |
For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
| לֹֽא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ | 18 |
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
| אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃ | 19 |
If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
| אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תׇּֽם־אָנִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ | 20 |
Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
| תׇּֽם־אָנִי לֹֽא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּֽי׃ | 21 |
I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.
| אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃ | 22 |
“It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
| אִם־שׁוֹט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָֽג׃ | 23 |
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
| אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפוֹא מִי־הֽוּא׃ | 24 |
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
| וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טוֹבָֽה׃ | 25 |
“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
| חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃ | 26 |
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
| אִם־אׇמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ | 27 |
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
| יָגֹרְתִּי כׇל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ | 28 |
I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.
| אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָֽע׃ | 29 |
I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
| אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי (במו) [בְמֵי־]שָׁלֶג וַהֲזִכּוֹתִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּֽי׃ | 30 |
If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
| אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 31 |
yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.
| כִּֽי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 32 |
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
| לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מוֹכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדוֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃ | 33 |
There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
| יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְ ט וֹ וְאֵמָתוֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 34 |
Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
| אֲֽדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִֽי׃ | 35 |
then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
