Job 17 אִיּוֹב

¹רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃

ruchi chubbala yamay niz'akhu kevarim li

1My spirit consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.

²אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃

im-lo hatulim immadi uvehammerotam talan eni

2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye abideth in their provocation.

³שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃

sima-na arveni immakh mi hu leyadi yittakea

3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; Who else is there that will strike hands with me?

⁴כִּֽי־לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃

ki-libbam tzafanta missakhel al-ken lo teromem

4For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; Therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.

⁵לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃

lechelek yaggid re'im ve'ene vanav tikhlena

5He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁶וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃

vehitzigani limshol ammim vetofet lefanim ehye

6He hath made me also a byword of the people; And I am become one in whose face they spit.

⁷וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃

vattekhah mikka'as eni vitzuray katzel kullam

7Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, And all my members are as a shadow.

⁸יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃

yashommu yesharim al-zot venaki al-chanef yit'orar

8Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.

⁹וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃

veyochez tzaddik darko utohar-yadayim yosif ometz

9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, And he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.

¹⁰וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃

veulam kullam tashuvu uvou na velo-emtza vakhem chakham

10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

¹¹יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃

yamay avru zimmotay nitteku morashe levavi

11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

¹²לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

layla leyom yasimu or karov mippene-choshekh

12They change the night into day; The light is short because of darkness.

¹³אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃

im-akavve sheol beti bachoshekh rippadti yetzu'ay

13If I look for the nether-world as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

¹⁴לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃

lashachat karati avi atta immi va'achoti larimma

14If I have said to corruption: ‘Thou art my father’, To the worm: ‘Thou art my mother, and my sister’;

¹⁵וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

ve'ayye efo tikvati vetikvati mi yeshurenna

15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁶בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת׃

badde she'ol teradna im-yachad al-afar nachat

16They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, When we are at rest together in the dust.