איוב 24
| מַדּוּעַ מִשַׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים וידעו וְיֹדְעָיו לֹא־חָזוּ יָמָֽיו׃ | 1 |
“For this reason from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
| גְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃ | 2 |
They reach the borders, They have taken a drove away violently, Indeed, they do evil.
| חֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שׁוֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃ | 3 |
They lead away the donkey of the fatherless, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
| יַטּוּ אֶבְיוֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 4 |
They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
| הֵן פְּרָאִים ׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃ | 5 |
Behold, wild donkeys in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself—food for young ones.
| בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ יקצירו יִקְצוֹרוּ וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ | 6 |
They reap his provender in a field, And they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
| עָרוֹם יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃ | 7 |
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
| מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּֽמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃ | 8 |
From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge—have embraced a rock.
| יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃ | 9 |
They take away violently The orphan from the breast, And they lay a pledge on the poor.
| עָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃ | 10 |
Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry—have taken away a sheaf.
| בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃ | 11 |
They make oil between their walls, They have trodden winepresses, and thirst.
| מֵעִיר מְתִים ׀ יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂים תִּפְלָֽה׃ | 12 |
Men groan because of enmity, And the soul of pierced ones cries, And God does not give praise.
| הֵמָּה ׀ הָיוּ בְּֽמֹרְדֵי־אוֹר לֹֽא־הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃ | 13 |
They have been those rebelling against light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abided in His paths.
| לָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִֽקְטָל־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּֽב׃ | 14 |
The murderer rises at the light, He slays the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
| וְעֵין נֹאֵף ׀ שָׁמְרָֽה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִֽׂים׃ | 15 |
And the eye of an adulterer Has observed the twilight, Saying, No eye beholds me. And he puts the face in secret.
| חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ־לָמוֹ לֹא־יָדְעוּ אֽוֹר׃ | 16 |
He has dug in the darkness—houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
| כִּי יַחְדָּו ׀ בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת כִּֽי־יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ | 17 |
When together, morning [is] death-shade to them, When he discerns the terrors of death-shade.
| קַֽל־הוּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹֽא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃ | 18 |
He [is] light on the face of the waters, Their portion is vilified in the earth, He does not turn the way of vineyards.
| צִיָּה גַם־חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁלֶג שְׁאוֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃ (Sheol h7585) | 19 |
Drought—also heat—consume snow-waters, Sheol—[those who] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
| יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם ׀ מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 20 |
The womb forgets him, The worm sweetens [on] him, He is remembered no more, And wickedness is broken as a tree.
| רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִֽיב׃ | 21 |
Treating evil the barren [who] does not bear, And he does no good [to] the widow,
| וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ יָקוּם וְֽלֹא־יַאֲמִין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃ | 22 |
And [God] has drawn the mighty by His power, He rises, and none believes in life.
| יִתֶּן־לוֹ לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃ | 23 |
He gives to him confidence, and he is supported, And His eyes [are] on their ways.
| רוֹמּוּ מְּעַט ׀ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃ | 24 |
They were high [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. They are shut up as all [others], And cut off as the head of an ear of grain.
| וְאִם־לֹא אֵפוֹ מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִֽי׃ | 25 |
And if not now, who proves me a liar, And makes my word of nothing?”
