איוב 29
| וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Job again took up his parable, and said,
| מִֽי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃ | 2 |
"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
| בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 3 |
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
| כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִֽי׃ | 4 |
as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
| בְּעוֹד שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבוֹתַי נְעָרָֽי׃ | 5 |
when Shaddai was yet with me, and my children were around me,
| בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃ | 6 |
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
| בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי־קָרֶת בָּרְחוֹב אָכִין מוֹשָׁבִֽי׃ | 7 |
when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
| רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִֽישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃ | 8 |
The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
| שָׂרִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃ | 9 |
The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
| קוֹל־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשׁוֹנָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵֽקָה׃ | 10 |
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
| כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃ | 11 |
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:
| כִּֽי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתוֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵר לֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
| בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד עָלַי תָּבֹא וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִֽן׃ | 13 |
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
| צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּֽמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | 14 |
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
| עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָֽנִי׃ | 15 |
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
| אָב אָנֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ | 16 |
I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.
| וָֽאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָֽרֶף׃ | 17 |
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
| וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחוֹל אַרְבֶּה יָמִֽים׃ | 18 |
Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
| שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָיִם וְטַל יָלִין בִּקְצִירֽ͏ִי׃ | 19 |
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
| כְּבוֹדִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִֽיף׃ | 20 |
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.'
| לִֽי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמוֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃ | 21 |
"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
| אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימוֹ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִֽי׃ | 22 |
After my words they did not speak again. My speech fell on them.
| וְיִֽחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ | 23 |
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
| אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ וְאוֹר פָּנַי לֹא יַפִּילֽוּן׃ | 24 |
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face.
| אֶֽבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵֽם׃ | 25 |
I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
