איוב 17
| רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃ | 1 |
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave is ready for me.
| אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃ | 2 |
Yet truly those that mock are with me, and on their offendings must my eye rest.
| שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ | 3 |
And thou, [Creator!] attend, I pray thee, be my surety with thyself: who else is there that would strike hands with me?
| כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃ | 4 |
For thou hast concealed their heart against intelligence: therefore art thou not exalted [through them].
| לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃ | 5 |
Every one of them speaketh deceptively to his friends: may also the eyes of his children fail.
| וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃ | 6 |
And he hath placed me here as a by-word unto nations; and I become openly as a place of abomination.
| וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִֽיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃ | 7 |
Therefore is my eye dim from vexation, and my limbs are all of them like a shadow.
| יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃ | 8 |
Upright men must be astonished at this, and the innocent must arouse himself against the hypocrite.
| וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃ | 9 |
Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.
| וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃ | 10 |
But all of you, do only return, and come but [to me]: and yet I shall not find among you one wise man.
| יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃ | 11 |
My days are past, my resolves are broken off, [even the thoughts]—the possessions of my heart.
| לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 12 |
These would change the night into day, the light as near in the presence of darkness.—
| אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃ (Sheol h7585) | 13 |
When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch; (Sheol h7585)
| לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ | 14 |
When I call to corruption, Thou art my father: Thou art my mother, and my sister, to the worms.
| וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 15 |
Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?
