אִיּוֹב 30
| וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַ֥סְתִּי אֲבוֹתָ֑ם לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם־כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי׃ | 1 |
But now [they that are] younger than I, have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
| גַּם־כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח׃ | 2 |
Yes, to what [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age had perished?
| בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ | 3 |
For want and famine [they were] solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
| הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃ | 4 |
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots [for] their food.
| מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ | 5 |
They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them, as [after] a thief; )
| בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃ | 6 |
To dwell in the clefts of the valleys, [in] caves of the earth, and [in] the rocks.
| בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ | 7 |
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were collected.
| בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 8 |
[They were] children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
| וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃ | 9 |
And now I am their song, yes, I am their by-word.
| תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃ | 10 |
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
| כִּֽי־יִתְרִ֣י פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ | 11 |
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
| עַל־יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֪ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃ | 12 |
Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
| נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃ | 13 |
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
| כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ | 14 |
They came [upon me] as a wide breaking in [of waters]: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me].
| הָהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃ | 15 |
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
| וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 16 |
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
| לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ | 17 |
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
| בְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃ | 18 |
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
| הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ | 19 |
He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
| אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃ | 20 |
I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
| תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃ | 21 |
Thou hast become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
| תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ | 22 |
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.
| כִּֽי־יָ֭דַעְתִּי מָ֣וֶת תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי וּבֵ֖ית מוֹעֵ֣ד לְכָל־חָֽי׃ | 23 |
For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
| אַ֣ךְ לֹא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃ | 24 |
Yet he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
| אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | 25 |
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
| כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃ | 26 |
When I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
| מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 27 |
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction came upon me.
| קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃ | 28 |
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.
| אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃ | 29 |
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
| ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃ | 30 |
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
| וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃ | 31 |
My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
