אִיּוֹב 36
| וַיֹּ֥סֶף אֱלִיה֗וּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Elihu continued on and said,
| כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃ | 2 |
“Permit me to speak a little longer, and I will show you some things because I have a little more to say in defense of God.
| אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃ | 3 |
I will obtain my knowledge from far off; I will acknowledge that righteousness belongs to my Maker.
| כִּֽי־אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 4 |
For indeed, my words will not be false; someone who is mature in knowledge is with you.
| הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃ | 5 |
See, God is mighty, and despises no one; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
| לֹא־יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃ | 6 |
He does not preserve the life of wicked people but instead does what is right for those who suffer.
| לֹֽא־יִגְרַ֥ע מִצַּדִּ֗יק עֵ֫ינָ֥יו וְאֶת־מְלָכִ֥ים לַכִּסֵּ֑א וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם לָ֝נֶ֗צַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ | 7 |
He does not withdraw his eyes from righteous people but instead sets them on thrones like kings forever, and they are lifted up.
| וְאִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּזִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 8 |
If they are bound in chains and trapped in cords of suffering,
| וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֣ם פָּעֳלָ֑ם וּ֝פִשְׁעֵיהֶ֗ם כִּ֣י יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃ | 9 |
then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions and their pride.
| וַיִּ֣גֶל אָ֭זְנָם לַמּוּסָ֑ר וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יְשֻׁב֥וּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃ | 10 |
He also opens their ears to his instruction, and commands them to turn back from iniquity.
| אִֽם־יִשְׁמְע֗וּ וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ יְכַלּ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֣ם בַּטּ֑וֹב וּ֝שְׁנֵיהֶ֗ם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ | 11 |
If they listen to him and worship him, they will spend their days in prosperity, their years in contentment.
| וְאִם־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃ | 12 |
However, if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die because they have no knowledge.
| וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃ | 13 |
Those who are godless in heart store up their anger; they do not cry out for help even when God ties them up.
| תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ | 14 |
They die in their youth; their lives end among the cultic prostitutes.
| יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעָנְי֑וֹ וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אָזְנָֽם׃ | 15 |
God rescues afflicted people by means of their afflictions; he opens their ears by means of their oppression.
| וְאַ֤ף הֲסִיתְךָ֨ ׀ מִפִּי־צָ֗ר רַ֭חַב לֹא־מוּצָ֣ק תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְנַ֥חַת שֻׁ֝לְחָנְךָ֗ מָ֣לֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ | 16 |
Indeed, he would like to draw you out of distress into a broad place where there is no hardship and where your table would be set with food full of fatness.
| וְדִין־רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ | 17 |
But you are full of judgment on wicked people; judgment and justice have laid hold of you.
| כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ | 18 |
Do not let your anger entice you to mockery, or the greatness of a ransom to turn you aside.
| הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃ | 19 |
Can your wealth benefit you, so that you will not be in distress, or can all the force of your strength help you?
| אַל־תִּשְׁאַ֥ף הַלָּ֑יְלָה לַעֲל֖וֹת עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ | 20 |
Do not desire the night, to commit sin against others, when peoples are cut off in their place.
| הִ֭שָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּ֣פֶן אֶל־אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶ֝֗ה בָּחַ֥רְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃ | 21 |
Be careful that you do not turn to sin because you are being tested by suffering so that you will stay away from sinning.
| הֶן־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃ | 22 |
See, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
| מִֽי־פָקַ֣ד עָלָ֣יו דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּמִֽי־אָ֝מַ֗ר פָּעַ֥לְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 23 |
Who has ever instructed him about his way? Who can ever say to him, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'
| זְ֭כֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּ֣יא פָעֳל֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר שֹׁרְר֣וּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ | 24 |
Remember to praise his deeds, of which people have sung.
| כָּל־אָדָ֥ם חָֽזוּ־ב֑וֹ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ יַבִּ֥יט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ | 25 |
All people have looked on those deeds, but they see those deeds only from far away.
| הֶן־אֵ֣ל שַׂ֭גִּיא וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃ | 26 |
See, God is great, but we do not understand him well; the number of his years is incalculable.
| כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃ | 27 |
For he draws up the drops of water that he distills as rain from his vapor,
| אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב׃ | 28 |
which the clouds pour down and drop in abundance on mankind.
| אַ֣ף אִם־יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃ | 29 |
Indeed, can anyone understand the extensive spread of the clouds and the thunder from his hut?
| הֵן־פָּרַ֣שׂ עָלָ֣יו אוֹר֑וֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃ | 30 |
See, he spreads his lightning around him and covers the roots of the sea.
| כִּי־בָ֭ם יָדִ֣ין עַמִּ֑ים יִֽתֶּן־אֹ֥כֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃ | 31 |
In this way he judges the peoples and gives food in abundance.
| עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ | 32 |
He fills his hands with the lightning until he commands it to strike its mark.
| יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃ | 33 |
Its thunder warns of the storm, the cattle can also hear it is coming.
