אִיּוֹב 17
| רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃ | 1 |
My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.
| אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃ | 2 |
I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ | 3 |
Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.
| כִּֽי־לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃ | 4 |
Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
| לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ | 5 |
He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
| וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ | 6 |
He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
| וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃ | 7 |
My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
| יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ | 8 |
The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
| וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃ | 9 |
And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
| וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃ | 10 |
Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
| יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃ | 11 |
My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
| לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 12 |
They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.
| אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. (Sheol h7585)
| לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ | 14 |
If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.
| וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 15 |
Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?
