איוב 3

1 אַחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיּוֹב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

2 וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

And Job spoke, and said,

3 יֹאבַד יוֹם אִוָּלֶד בּוֹ וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָֽבֶר׃

Let the day perish when I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

4 הַיּוֹם הַהוּא יְֽהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָֽה׃

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

5 יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּֽמְרִירֵי יֽוֹם׃

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

6 הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

7 הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבֹא רְנָנָה בֽוֹ׃

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come in it.

8 יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יוֹם הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָֽן׃

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

9 יֶחְשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ יְקַו־לְאוֹר וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

10 כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי׃

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.

11 לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃

Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the womb?

12 מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק׃

Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?

13 כִּֽי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי׃

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

14 עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

15 אוֹ עִם־שָׂרִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַֽמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּֽסֶף׃

Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16 אוֹ כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֽוֹר׃

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

17 שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹֽחַ׃

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

18 יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא שָׁמְעוּ קוֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃

There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

19 קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃

The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

20 לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;

21 הַֽמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַֽיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃

Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

22 הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃

Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

23 לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

24 כִּֽי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

25 כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִֽי׃

For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I feared hath come to me.

26 לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי ׀ וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹֽגֶז׃

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.