Job 10

נָֽקְטָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה עָלַ֣י שִׂיחִ֑י אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

אֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

הֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי־תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל־עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

הַעֵינֵ֣י בָשָׂ֣ר לָ֑ךְ אִם־כִּרְא֖וֹת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

הֲכִימֵ֣י אֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמֶ֑יךָ אִם־שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣ימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

כִּֽי־תְבַקֵּ֥שׁ לַעֲוֺנִ֑י וּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥י תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—

That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

עַֽל־דַּ֭עְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹ֣א אֶרְשָׁ֑ע וְאֵ֖ין מִיָּדְךָ֣ מַצִּֽיל׃

though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

יָדֶ֣יךָ עִ֭צְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי יַ֥חַד סָ֝בִ֗יב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

זְכָר־נָ֭א כִּי־כַחֹ֣מֶר עֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי וְֽאֶל־עָפָ֥ר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

הֲלֹ֣א כֶ֭חָלָב תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

ע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃

You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

חַיִּ֣ים וָ֭חֶסֶד עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝פְקֻדָּתְךָ֗ שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה רוּחִֽי׃

You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

וְ֭אֵלֶּה צָפַ֣נְתָּ בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־זֹ֥את עִמָּֽךְ׃

Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:

And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

אִם־חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֺנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

אִם־רָשַׁ֡עְתִּי אַלְלַ֬י לִ֗י וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן וּרְאֵ֥ה עָנְיִֽי׃

If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

וְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְתֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִ֑י חֲלִיפ֖וֹת וְצָבָ֣א עִמִּֽי׃

You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

וְלָ֣מָּה מֵ֭רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע וְעַ֣יִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־הָיִ֣יתִי אֶהְיֶ֑ה מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן לַקֶּ֥בֶר אוּבָֽל׃

If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

הֲלֹא־מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י (יחדל) [וַחֲדָ֑ל] (ישית) [וְשִׁ֥ית] מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט׃

Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

בְּטֶ֣רֶם אֵ֭לֵךְ וְלֹ֣א אָשׁ֑וּב אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

אֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃

to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.