1
After this
opened Job his
mouth, and
cursed his
day.
leL;q.y;w .WhyiP -t,a bw{Yia x;t'P !ek -yer]x;a ? w{mw{y -t,a
3
Let the
day perish wherein I was
born, and the
night in which it was
said, There is a man
child conceived.
h'r{h r;m'a h'l.y;L;h.w w{B d,l\Wia ~w{y d;ba{y ? r,b'g
4
Let that
day be
darkness; let not
God regard it from
above, neither let the
light shine upon it.
;Hw{l/a .Whev.r.dIy -l;a .$,v{x yih.y a.Wh;h ~w{Y;h ? h'r'h.n wy'l'[ [;pw{T -l;a.w l;['Mim
5
Let
darkness and the shadow of
death stain it; let a
cloud dwell upon it; let the
blackness of the
day terrify it.
h'n'n][ wy'l'[ -n'K.viT t,w'm.l;c.w .$,v{x .WhUl'a.gIy ? ~w{y yeryir.miK .WhUt][;b.y
6
As for that
night, let
darkness seize upon it; let it not be
joined unto the
days of the
year, let it not
come into the
number of the
months.
yemyiB .D;xIy -l;a l,p{a .Whex'QIy a.Wh;h h'l.y;L;h ? a{b'y -l;a ~yix'r.y r;P.sim.B h'n'v
7
Lo, let that
night be
solitary, let no joyful
voice come therein.
a{b'T -l;a d.Wm.l;g yih.y a.Wh;h h'l.y;L;h heNih ? w{b h'n'n.r
8
Let them
curse it that
curse the
day, who are
ready to raise
up their
mourning.
!'t'y.wil rer{[ ~yidyit]['h ~w{y -yer.r{a .WhUb.QIy
9
Let the
stars of the
twilight thereof be
dark; let it
look for
light, but have none; neither let it
see the
dawning of the
day:
!Iy;a'w rw{a.l -w;q.y w{P.vin ]yeb.kw{K .Wk.v.x,y ? r;x'v -yeP;[.p;[.B h,a.rIy -l;a.w
10
Because it shut not
up the
doors of my mother's
womb, nor
hid sorrow from mine
eyes.
y'nye[em l'm'[ reT.s;Y;w yin.jib yet.l;D r;g's a{l yiK
11
Why
died I not from the
womb? why did I not give up the
ghost when I came
out of the
belly?
['w.g,a.w yita'c'y !,j,Bim t.Wm'a ~,x,rem a{L h'M'l
12
Why did the
knees prevent me? or why the
breasts that I should
suck?
yiK ~Iy;d'V -h;m.W ~Iy'K.rib yin.Wm.Diq ;[.WD;m ? q'nyia
13
For now should I have lain
still and been
quiet, I should have
slept: then had I been at
rest,
;x.Wn'y z'a yiT.n;v'y jw{q.v,a.w yiT.b;k'v h'T;[ -yiK ? yil
14
With
kings and
counsellors of the
earth, which
built desolate
places for themselves;
tw{b'r\x ~yin{B;h #,r'a yec][{y.w ~yik'l.m -mi[ ? w{m'l
15
Or with
princes that had
gold, who
filled their
houses with
silver:
~,hyeT'B ~yia.l;m.m;h ~,h'l b'h'z ~yir'f -mi[ w{a ? @,s'K
16
Or as an
hidden untimely
birth I had not been; as
infants which never
saw light.
.Wa'r -a{l ~yil.l{[.K h,y.h,a a{l !.Wm'j l,pen.k ]w{a ? rw{a
17
There the
wicked cease from
troubling; and there the
weary be at
rest.
ye[yig.y .Wx.Wn'y ~'v.w z,g{r .Wl.d'x ~yi['v.r ~'v ? ;x{k
18
There the
prisoners rest together; they
hear not the
voice of the
oppressor.
feg{n lw{q .W[.m'v a{l .Wn'n]a;v ~yiryis]a d;x;y
19
The
small and
great are there; and the
servant is
free from his
master.
wy'n{d]aem yiv.p'x d,b,[.w a.Wh ~'v lw{d'g.w !{j'q
20
Wherefore is
light given to him that is in
misery, and
life unto the
bitter in
soul;
v,p'n yer'm.l ~yiY;x.w rw{a lem'[.l !eTIy h'M'l
21
Which
long for
death, but it cometh not; and
dig for it more than for hid
treasures;
~yinw{m.j;Mim .WhUr.P.x;Y;w .WN,nyea.w t,w'M;l ~yiK;x.m;h
22
Which
rejoice exceedingly, and are
glad, when they can
find the
grave?
r,b'q -.Wa.c.mIy yiK .Wfyif'y lyig -yel/a ~yixem.F;h
23
Why is light given to a
man whose
way is
hid, and whom
God hath hedged
in?
;Hw{l/a .$,s'Y;w h'r'T.sin w{K.r;D -r,v]a r,b,g.l ? w{d][;B
24
For my
sighing cometh before I
eat, and my
roarings are poured
out like the
waters.
~Iy;M;k .Wk.TiY;w a{b't yit'x.n;a yim.x;l yen.pil -yiK ? y't{g]a;v
25
For the thing which I
greatly feared is
come upon me, and that which I was
afraid of is
come unto me.
yiT.r{g'y r,v]a;w yiney't/a,Y;w yiT.d;x'P d;x;p yiK ? yil a{b'y
26
I was not in
safety, neither had I
rest, neither was I
quiet; yet
trouble came.
a{b'Y;w yiT.x'n -a{l.w yiT.j;q'v a{l.w yiT.w;l'v a{l ? z,g{r