איוב 29
| וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
| מִֽי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃ | 2 |
“Who makes me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God’s preserving me?
| בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 3 |
In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
| כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִֽי׃ | 4 |
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God on my tent.
| בְּעוֹד שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבוֹתַי נְעָרָֽי׃ | 5 |
When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Around me—my young ones,
| בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃ | 6 |
When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me—streams of oil.
| בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי־קָרֶת בָּרְחוֹב אָכִין מוֹשָׁבִֽי׃ | 7 |
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
| רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִֽישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃ | 8 |
Youths have seen me, and they have been hidden, And the aged have risen—they stood up.
| שָׂרִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃ | 9 |
Princes have kept in words, And they place a hand on their mouth.
| קוֹל־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשׁוֹנָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵֽקָה׃ | 10 |
The voice of leaders has been hidden, And their tongue has cleaved to the palate.
| כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃ | 11 |
For the ear heard, and declares me blessed, And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
| כִּֽי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתוֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵר לֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who has no helper.
| בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד עָלַי תָּבֹא וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִֽן׃ | 13 |
The blessing of the perishing comes on me, And I cause the heart of the widow to sing.
| צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּֽמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | 14 |
I have put on righteousness, and it clothes me, My justice as a robe and a crown.
| עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָֽנִי׃ | 15 |
I have been eyes to the blind, And I [am] feet to the lame.
| אָב אָנֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ | 16 |
I [am] a father to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
| וָֽאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָֽרֶף׃ | 17 |
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
| וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחוֹל אַרְבֶּה יָמִֽים׃ | 18 |
And I say, I expire with my nest, And I multiply days as the sand.
| שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָיִם וְטַל יָלִין בִּקְצִירֽ͏ִי׃ | 19 |
My root is open to the waters, And dew lodges on my branch.
| כְּבוֹדִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִֽיף׃ | 20 |
My glory [is] fresh with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
| לִֽי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמוֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃ | 21 |
They have listened to me, Indeed, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
| אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימוֹ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִֽי׃ | 22 |
After my word they do not change, And my speech drops on them,
| וְיִֽחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ | 23 |
And they wait for me as [for] rain, And they have opened wide their mouth [As] for the spring rain.
| אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ וְאוֹר פָּנַי לֹא יַפִּילֽוּן׃ | 24 |
I laugh at them—they give no credence, And do not cause the light of my face to fall.
| אֶֽבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵֽם׃ | 25 |
I choose their way, and sit [as] head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When he comforts mourners.”
