< איוב 26 >
וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered and said,
מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃ | 2 |
“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
מַה־יָּעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חָכְמָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה לָרֹב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃ | 3 |
How you have advised one who has no wisdom and announced to him sound knowledge!
אֶת־מִי הִגַּדְתָּ מִלִּין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִי יָצְאָה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 4 |
With whose help have you spoken these words? Whose spirit was it that came out from you?
הָרְפָאִים יְחוֹלָלוּ מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ | 5 |
The dead are made to tremble, those who are beneath the waters and all who dwell in them.
עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ (Sheol ) | 6 |
Sheol is naked before God; destruction itself has no covering against him. (Sheol )
נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃ | 7 |
He stretches out the northern skies over the empty space, and he hangs the earth over nothing.
צֹרֵֽר־מַיִם בְּעָבָיו וְלֹא־נִבְקַע עָנָן תַּחְתָּֽם׃ | 8 |
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds are not torn under them.
מְאַחֵז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּה פַּרְשֵׁז עָלָיו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
He covers the surface of the moon and spreads his clouds on it.
חֹֽק־חָג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָיִם עַד־תַּכְלִית אוֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 10 |
He has engraved a circular boundary on the surface of the waters as the line between light and darkness.
עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָפוּ וְיִתְמְהוּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃ | 11 |
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם ובתובנתו וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ מָחַץ רָֽהַב׃ | 12 |
He calmed the sea with his power; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹֽלֲלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃ | 13 |
By his breath he made the skies clear; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
הֶן־אֵלֶּה ׀ קְצוֹת דרכו דְּרָכָיו וּמַה־שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ וְרַעַם גבורתו גְּבוּרוֹתָיו מִי יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ | 14 |
See, these are but the fringes of his ways; how small a whisper do we hear of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”