2
How long will ye
vex my
soul, and
break me in pieces with
words?
~yiLim.b yin;n.Wa.K;d.t.W yiv.p;n !.Wy.gw{T h'n'a -d;[
3
These
ten times have ye
reproached me: ye are not
ashamed that ye make yourselves
strange to me.
.Wv{bet -a{l yin.Wmyil.k;T ~yim'[.P r,f,[ h,z ? yil -.Wr.K.h;T
4
And be it
indeed that I have
erred, mine
error remaineth with myself.
yit'g.Wv.m !yil'T yiTia yityig'v ~'n.m'a -p;a.w
5
If
indeed ye will
magnify yourselves against me, and
plead against me my
reproach:
y;l'[ .Wxyikw{t.w .WlyiD.g;T y;l'[ ~'n.m'a -mia ? ]yiT'P.r,x
6
Know now that
God hath
overthrown me, and hath
compassed me with his
net.
w{d.Wc.m.W yin't..Wi[ ;Hw{l/a -yiK w{pea -.W[.D ? @yiQih y;l'[
7
Behold, I cry
out of
wrong, but I am not
heard: I cry
aloud, but there is no
judgment.
!yea.w []W;v]a h,n'[ea a{l.w s'm'x q;[.c,a !eh ? j'P.vim
8
He hath fenced
up my
way that I cannot
pass, and he hath
set darkness in my
paths.
y;tw{byit.n l;[.w rw{b/[,a a{l.w r;d'g yix.r'a ? ~yif'y .$,v{x
9
He hath
stripped me of my
glory, and
taken the
crown from my
head.
yiva{r t,r,j][ r;s'Y;w jyiv.pih y;l'[em yidw{b.K
10
He hath
destroyed me on every
side, and I am
gone: and mine
hope hath he
removed like a
tree.
yit'w.qiT #e['K [;S;Y;w .$;lea'w byib's yinec.TIy
11
He hath also
kindled his
wrath against me, and he
counteth me unto him as one of his
enemies.
wy'r'c.k w{l yineb.v.x;Y;w w{P;a y;l'[ r;x;Y;w
12
His
troops come together, and raise
up their
way against me, and
encamp round
about my
tabernacle.
~'K.r;D y;l'[ .WL{s'Y;w wy'd.Wd.g .Wa{b'y d;x;y ? yil\h'a.l byib's .Wn]x;Y;w
13
He hath
put my
brethren far from me, and mine
acquaintance are verily
estranged from me.
yiN,Mim .Wr'z -.k;a y;[.d{y.w qyix.rih y;l'[em y;x;a
14
My
kinsfolk have
failed, and my familiar
friends have
forgotten me.
yin.Wxek.v ]y;['DUy.m.W y'bw{r.q .Wl.d'x
15
They that
dwell in mine
house, and my
maids, count me for a
stranger: I am an
alien in their
sight.
yir.k'n yinUb.v.x;T r'z.l y;t{h.m;a.w yityeb yer'G ? ~,hyenye[.b yityIy'h
16
I
called my
servant, and he gave me no
answer; I
intreated him
with my
mouth.
w{l -n,N;x.t,a yip -w{m.B h,n][;y a{l.w yita'r'q yiD.b;[.l
17
My
breath is
strange to my
wife, though I
intreated for the
children's sake of mine own
body.
yin.jib yen.bil yit{N;x.w yiT.via.l h'r'z yix.Wr
18
Yea, young
children despised me; I
arose, and they
spake against me.
yib -.Wr.B;d.y;w h'm.Wq'a yib .Ws]a'm ~yilyiw][ -m;G
19
All my
inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I
loved are
turned against me.
yiT.b;h'a -h,z.w yidw{s yet.m -l'K yin.Wb][iT ? yib -.Wk.P.h,n
20
My
bone cleaveth to my
skin and to my
flesh, and I am
escaped with the
skin of my
teeth.
h'j.L;m.t,a'w yim.c;[ h'q.b'D yir'f.bib.W yirw{[.B ? y'Niv rw{[.B
21
Have
pity upon me, have
pity upon me, O ye my
friends; for the
hand of
God hath
touched me.
h'[.g'n ;Hw{l/a -d;y yiK y'[er ~,T;a yinUN'x yinUN'x ? yiB
22
Why do ye
persecute me as
God, and are not
satisfied with my
flesh?
.W['B.fit a{l yir'f.Bim.W lea -w{m.k yinUp.D.riT h'M'l
23
Oh
that my
words were
now written! oh
that they were
printed in a
book!
!eTIy -yim y'Lim !.Wb.t'KIy.w w{pea !eTIy -yim ? .Wq'xUy.w r,peS;B<05612!>
24
That they were
graven with an
iron pen and
lead in the
rock for
ever!
!.Wb.c'xey r.WC;B d;['l<05703!> t,r'p{[.w l,z.r;B -je[.B
25
For I
know that my
redeemer liveth, and that he shall
stand at the
latter day upon the
earth:
r'p'[ -l;[ !w{r]x;a.w y'x yil]a{G yiT.[;d'y yin]a;w ? ~.Wq'y
26
And though
after my
skin worms
destroy this body, yet in my
flesh shall I
see God:
h,z/x,a yir'f.Bim.W ta{z -.Wp.Qin yirw{[ r;x;a.w ? ;Hw{l/a
27
Whom I shall
see for myself, and mine
eyes shall
behold, and not
another; though my
reins be
consumed within me.
r'z -a{l.w .Wa'r y;nye[.w yiL -h,z/x,a yin]a r,v]a ? yiqex.B y;t{y.lik .Wl'K
28
But ye should
say, Why
persecute we him, seeing the
root of the
matter is
found in me?
r'b'D v,r{v.w w{l -p'D.riN -h;m .Wr.ma{t yiK ? yib -a'c.min
29
Be ye
afraid of the
sword: for
wrath bringeth the
punishments of the
sword, that ye may
know there is a
judgment*.
tw{n{w][ h'mex -yiK b,r,x -yen.Pim ~,k'l .Wr.WG ? !yiD;v !.W[.deT !;[;m.l b,r'x