איוב 17
| רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃ | 1 |
I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
| אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃ | 2 |
Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ | 3 |
Who is this? let him join hands with me.
| כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃ | 4 |
For you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt them.
| לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ | 5 |
He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
| וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ | 6 |
But you has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
| וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִֽיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃ | 7 |
For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
| יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ | 8 |
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
| וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃ | 9 |
But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
| וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃ | 10 |
Howbeit, do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
| יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃ | 11 |
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
| לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 12 |
I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
| אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. (Sheol h7585)
| לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ | 14 |
I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
| וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 15 |
Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
