איוב 30
| וְעַתָּה ׀ שָֽׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִֽי׃ | 1 |
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
| גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימוֹ אָבַד כָּֽלַח׃ | 2 |
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.
| בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַֽעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ | 3 |
They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
| הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָֽם׃ | 4 |
They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.
| מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ | 5 |
They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.
| בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִֽים׃ | 6 |
In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
| בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ | 7 |
Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.
| בְּֽנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 8 |
They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.
| וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּֽה׃ | 9 |
And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.
| תִּֽעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃ | 10 |
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
| כִּֽי־יתרו יִתְרִי פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ | 11 |
For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
| עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחוֹת אֵידָֽם׃ | 12 |
Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
| נָתְסוּ נְֽתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָֽמוֹ׃ | 13 |
They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.
| כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת שֹׁאָה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ | 14 |
As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
| הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃ | 15 |
Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
| וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 16 |
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
| לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ | 17 |
In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.
| בְּרָב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃ | 18 |
By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
| הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ | 19 |
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
| אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּֽי׃ | 20 |
I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
| תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃ | 21 |
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.
| תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי תשוה תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ | 22 |
Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance.
| כִּֽי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכָל־חָֽי׃ | 23 |
For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
| אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שֽׁוּעַ׃ | 24 |
Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,
| אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יוֹם עָֽגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | 25 |
If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.
| כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר וַיָּבֹא אֹֽפֶל׃ | 26 |
Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
| מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ | 27 |
Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.
| קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃ | 28 |
I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
| אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃ | 29 |
I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
| עוֹרִי שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃ | 30 |
My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
| וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִֽים׃ | 31 |
Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
