איוב 10

1 נָֽקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶֽעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִי אֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

I am weary of my life; I will let loose within me my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הֽוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me! Show me wherefore thou contendest with me!

3 הֲטוֹב לְךָ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁק כִּֽי־תִמְאַס יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ וְעַל־עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃

Is it a pleasure to thee to oppress, And to despise the work of thy hands, And to shine upon the plans of the wicked?

4 הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאוֹת אֱנוֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Hast thou eyes of flesh, Or seest thou as man seeth?

5 הֲכִימֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יָמֶיךָ אִם־שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

Are thy days as the days of a man, Are thy years as the days of a mortal,

6 כִּֽי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֺנִי וּלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

That thou seekest after my iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

7 עַֽל־דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹא אֶרְשָׁע וְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּֽיל׃

Though thou knowest that I am not guilty, And that none can deliver from thy hand?

8 יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

Have thy hands completely fashioned and made me In every part, that thou mightst destroy me?

9 זְכָר־נָא כִּי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִי וְֽאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

O remember that thou hast moulded me as clay! And wilt thou bring me again to dust?

10 הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

Thou didst pour me out as milk, And curdle me as cheese;

11 עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּֽבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃

With skin and flesh didst thou clothe me, And strengthen me with bones and sinews;

12 חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָֽׁמְרָה רוּחִֽי׃

Thou didst grant me life and favor, And thy protection preserved my breath:

13 וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּֽךְ׃

Yet these things thou didst lay up in thy heart! I know that this was in thy mind.

14 אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֺנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

If I sin, then thou markest me, And wilt not acquit me of mine iniquity.

15 אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עָנְיֽ͏ִי׃

If I am wicked, —then woe unto me! Yet if righteous, I dare not lift up my head; I am full of confusion, beholding my affliction.

16 וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִי וְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

If I lift it up, like a lion thou huntest me, And again showest thyself terrible unto me.

17 תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּי וְתֶרֶב כַּֽעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי חֲלִיפוֹת וְצָבָא עִמִּֽי׃

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine anger toward me; New hosts continually rise up against me.

18 וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

Why then didst thou bring me forth from the womb? I should have perished, and no eye had seen me;

19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶה מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָֽל׃

I should be as though I had not been; I should have been borne from the womb to the grave.

20 הֲלֹא־מְעַט יָמַי יחדל וַחֲדָל ישית וְשִׁית מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָֽט׃

Are not my days few? O spare then, And let me alone, that I may be at ease a little while,

21 בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

Before I go— whence I shall not return—To the land of darkness and death-shade,

22 אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה ׀ כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃

The land of darkness like the blackness of death-shade, Where is no order, and where the light is as darkness.