איוב 5

1 קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

2 כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃

For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

3 אֲ‍ֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃

His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

5 אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

6 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

7 כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃

But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

8 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃

But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;

9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

10 הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;

11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃

He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.

13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

14 יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃

They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

17 הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

19 בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃

He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20 בְּרָעָב פָּֽדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃

In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

21 בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

23 כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

24 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

25 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

26 תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

27 הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.