Job 30

וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַ֥סְתִּי אֲבוֹתָ֑ם לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם־כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי׃

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

גַּם־כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח׃

What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃

Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃

so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃

They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

כִּֽי־(יתרו) [יִתְרִ֣י] פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

עַל־יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֪ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃

The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

הָהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

בְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי (תשוה) [תּוּשִׁיָּֽה] ׃

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

כִּֽי־יָ֭דַעְתִּי מָ֣וֶת תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי וּבֵ֖ית מוֹעֵ֣ד לְכָל־חָֽי׃

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

אַ֣ךְ לֹא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃

Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃

My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.