אִיּוֹב 29
| וַיֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יֹּוב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁלֹ֗ו וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
| מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֥נִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝ימֵ֗י אֱלֹ֣והַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃ | 2 |
“Who makes me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God’s preserving me?
| בְּהִלֹּ֣ו נֵ֭רֹו עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אֹורֹו אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 3 |
In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הָ֭יִיתִי בִּימֵ֣י חָרְפִּ֑י בְּסֹ֥וד אֱ֝לֹ֗והַּ עֲלֵ֣י אָהֳלִֽי׃ | 4 |
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God on my tent.
| בְּעֹ֣וד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י סְבִ֖יבֹותַ֣י נְעָרָֽי׃ | 5 |
When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Around me—my young ones,
| בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃ | 6 |
When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me—streams of oil.
| בְּצֵ֣אתִי שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝רְחֹ֗וב אָכִ֥ין מֹושָׁבִֽי׃ | 7 |
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
| רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃ | 8 |
Youths have seen me, and they have been hidden, And the aged have risen—they stood up.
| שָׂ֭רִים עָצְר֣וּ בְמִלִּ֑ים וְ֝כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃ | 9 |
Princes have kept in words, And they place a hand on their mouth.
| קֹול־נְגִידִ֥ים נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וּ֝לְשֹׁונָ֗ם לְחִכָּ֥ם דָּבֵֽקָה׃ | 10 |
The voice of leaders has been hidden, And their tongue has cleaved to the palate.
| כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְעַ֥יִן רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃ | 11 |
For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
| כִּֽי־אֲ֭מַלֵּט עָנִ֣י מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝יָתֹ֗ום וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵ֥ר לֹֽו׃ | 12 |
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who has no helper.
| בִּרְכַּ֣ת אֹ֭בֵד עָלַ֣י תָּבֹ֑א וְלֵ֖ב אַלְמָנָ֣ה אַרְנִֽן׃ | 13 |
The blessing of the perishing comes on me, And I cause the heart of the widow to sing.
| צֶ֣דֶק לָ֭בַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁ֑נִי כִּמְעִ֥יל וְ֝צָנִ֗יף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | 14 |
I have put on righteousness, and it clothes me, My justice as a robe and a crown.
| עֵינַ֣יִם הָ֭יִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּ֑ר וְרַגְלַ֖יִם לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ אָֽנִי׃ | 15 |
I have been eyes to the blind, And I [am] feet to the lame.
| אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיֹונִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ | 16 |
I [am] a father to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
| וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעֹ֣ות עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף׃ | 17 |
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
| וָ֭אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַחֹ֗ול אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃ | 18 |
And I say, I expire with my nest, And I multiply days as the sand.
| שָׁרְשִׁ֣י פָת֣וּחַ אֱלֵי־מָ֑יִם וְ֝טַ֗ל יָלִ֥ין בִּקְצִירֽ͏ִי׃ | 19 |
My root is open to the waters, And dew lodges on my branch.
| כְּ֭בֹודִי חָדָ֣שׁ עִמָּדִ֑י וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗י בְּיָדִ֥י תַחֲלִֽיף׃ | 20 |
My glory [is] fresh with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
| לִֽי־שָׁמְע֥וּ וְיִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ לְמֹ֣ו עֲצָתִֽי׃ | 21 |
They have listened to me, Indeed, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
| אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימֹו תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃ | 22 |
After my word they do not change, And my speech drops on them,
| וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֹֽושׁ׃ | 23 |
And they wait for me as [for] rain, And they have opened wide their mouth [As] for the spring rain.
| אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵהֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ וְאֹ֥ור פָּ֝נַ֗י לֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּן׃ | 24 |
I laugh at them—they give no credence, And do not cause the light of my face to fall.
| אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר דַּרְכָּם֮ וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב רֹ֥אשׁ וְ֭אֶשְׁכֹּון כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּגְּד֑וּד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲבֵלִ֣ים יְנַחֵֽם׃ | 25 |
I choose their way, and sit [as] head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When he comforts mourners.”
