איוב 27

1 וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

2 חַי־אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;

3 כִּֽי־כָל־עוֹד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלוֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃

As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

4 אִם־תְּדַבֵּרְנָה שְׂפָתַי עַוְלָה וּלְשׁוֹנִי אִם־יֶהְגֶּה רְמִיָּֽה׃

Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 חָלִילָה לִּי אִם־אַצְדִּיק אֶתְכֶם עַד־אֶגְוָע לֹא־אָסִיר תֻּמָּתִי מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.

6 בְּצִדְקָתִי הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹא אַרְפֶּהָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָֽי׃

I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.

7 יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקוֹמְמִי כְעַוָּֽל׃

May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!

8 כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?

9 הַֽצַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עָלָיו צָרָֽה׃

Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

10 אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃

Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?

11 אוֹרֶה אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד־אֵל אֲשֶׁר עִם־שַׁדַּי לֹא אֲכַחֵֽד׃

I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

12 הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃

Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?

13 זֶה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע ׀ עִם־אֵל וְֽנַחֲלַת עָרִיצִים מִשַׁדַּי יִקָּֽחוּ׃

This is the portion of the wicked man from God, —The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.

14 אִם־יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמוֹ־חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָֽחֶם׃

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 שרידו שְׂרִידָיו בַּמָּוֶת יִקָּבֵרוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.

16 אִם־יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay, —

17 יָכִין וְצַדִּיק יִלְבָּשׁ וְכֶסֶף נָקִי יַחֲלֹֽק׃

He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.

18 בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתוֹ וּכְסֻכָּה עָשָׂה נֹצֵֽר׃

He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.

19 עָשִׁיר יִשְׁכַּב וְלֹא יֵאָסֵף עֵינָיו פָּקַח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.

20 תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהוֹת לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

21 יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִֽישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.

22 וְיַשְׁלֵךְ עָלָיו וְלֹא יַחְמֹל מִיָּדוֹ בָּרוֹחַ יִבְרָֽח׃

God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.

23 יִשְׂפֹּק עָלֵימוֹ כַפֵּימוֹ וְיִשְׁרֹק עָלָיו מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.