איוב 35
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
| הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃ | 2 |
Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
| כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָֽה־אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ | 3 |
For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
| אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 4 |
And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
| הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 5 |
Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
| אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃ | 6 |
If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
| אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃ | 7 |
Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
| לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ | 8 |
Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
| מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃ | 9 |
Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
| וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ | 10 |
Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
| מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ | 11 |
who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
| שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃ | 12 |
There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
| אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
| אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
| וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃ | 15 |
For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
| וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃ | 16 |
Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
