Job 7

הֲלֹא־צָבָ֣א לֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁ (על) [עֲלֵי] ־אָ֑רֶץ וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו׃

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃

So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃

When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה (וגיש) [וְג֣וּשׁ] עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב׃

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

לֹֽא־תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

לֹא־יָשׁ֣וּב ע֣וֹד לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

גַּם־אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

הֲֽיָם־אָ֭נִי אִם־תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי־תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר׃

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃

then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי׃

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃

that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא׃

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

וּמֶ֤ה ׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֪יר אֶת־עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.