איוב 5

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

Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?

2 כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃

Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.

3 אֲ‍ֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.

4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃

His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.

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

His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.

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

For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;

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

Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

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

I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,

9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃

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

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

Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;

11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;

12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃

Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;

13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.

14 יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃

They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.

15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed 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 bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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

In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven 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 safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.

22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.

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

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

24 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃

Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.

25 וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

26 תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.

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

Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!