איוב 9
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Job answered and said:
| אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃ | 2 |
Of a truth, I know that it is so: For how can man be just before God?
| אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמּוֹ לֹֽא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃ | 3 |
If he choose to contend with him, He cannot answer him to one charge of a thousand.
| חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ | 4 |
He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
| הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ | 5 |
He removeth the mountains, and they know it not; He overturneth them in his anger.
| הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן׃ | 6 |
He shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
| הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כּוֹכָבִים יַחְתֹּֽם׃ | 7 |
He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And he sealeth up the stars.
| נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדּוֹ וְדוֹרֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָֽם׃ | 8 |
He alone spreadeth out the heavens, And walketh upon the high waves of the sea.
| עֹֽשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָֽן׃ | 9 |
He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the secret chambers of the South.
| עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃ | 10 |
He doeth great things past finding out, Yea, wonderful things without number.
| הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ׃ | 11 |
Lo! he goeth by me, but I see him not; He passeth along, but I do not perceive him.
| הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִֽי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ | 12 |
Lo! he seizeth, and who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What doest thou?
| אֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ תחתו תַּחְתָּיו שָׁחֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָֽהַב׃ | 13 |
God will not turn away his anger; The proud helpers are brought low before him.
| אַף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִי אֶֽעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמּֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
| אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ | 15 |
Though I were innocent, I would not answer him; I would cast myself on the mercy of my judge.
| אִם־קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹֽא־אַאֲמִין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִין קוֹלִֽי׃ | 16 |
Should I call, and he make answer to me, I could not believe that he listened to my voice, —
| אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּֽם׃ | 17 |
He who falleth upon me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause!
| לֹֽא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ | 18 |
Who will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness!
| אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃ | 19 |
If I look to strength, “Lo! here am I!” [[saith he, ]] If to justice, “Who shall summon me to trial?”
| אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּֽם־אָנִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ | 20 |
Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove me perverse.
| תָּֽם־אָנִי לֹֽא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּֽי׃ | 21 |
Though I were innocent, I would not care for myself; I would despise my life.
| אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃ | 22 |
It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
| אִם־שׁוֹט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָֽג׃ | 23 |
When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.
| אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפוֹא מִי־הֽוּא׃ | 24 |
The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covereth the face of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who is it?
| וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּֽרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טוֹבָֽה׃ | 25 |
My days have been swifter than a courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.
| חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃ | 26 |
They have gone by like the reed-skiffs; Like the eagle, darting upon his prey.
| אִם־אָמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ | 27 |
If I say, I will forget my lamentation, I will change my countenance, and take courage,
| יָגֹרְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ | 28 |
Still am I in dread of the multitude of my sorrows; For I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
| אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָֽע׃ | 29 |
I shall be found guilty; Why then should I labor in vain?
| אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו־בְמֵי־שָׁלֶג וַהֲזִכּוֹתִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּֽי׃ | 30 |
If I wash myself in snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
| אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִֽעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 31 |
Still wilt thou plunge me into the pit, So that my own clothes will abhor me.
| כִּי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶֽעֱנֶנּוּ נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 32 |
For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go together into judgment;
| לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מוֹכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדוֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃ | 33 |
There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
| יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְטוֹ וְאֵמָתוֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 34 |
Let him take from me his rod, And not dismay me with his terrors,
| אַֽדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִֽי׃ | 35 |
Then I will speak, and not be afraid of him: For I am not so at heart.
