1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
h'l.Wt.Bt01330 -l;[ !enw{B.t,a h'm.W y'nye[.l yiT;r'Kt03772 tyir.Bt01285
2
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
~yim{r.Mimt04791 y;D;vt07706 t;l]x;n.wt05159 l;['Mimt04605 ;Hw{l/at0433 q,lext02506 h,m.W
3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
!,w'a yel][{p.lt06466 r,ken.wt05235 l\W;[.lt05767 dyeat0343 -a{l]h
4
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
rw{P.sIy y;d'[.ct06806 -l'k.w y'k'r.d h,a.rIyt07200 a.Wh -a{l]h
5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
h'm.rimt04820 -l;[ v;x;T;w a.w'vt07723 -mi[ yiT.k;l'h -mia ? yil.g;rt07272
6
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
yit'MUTt08538 ;Hw{l/at0433 [;dey.w q,d,ct06664 -yen.za{m.b yinel.q.vIyt08254
7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
y;nye[ r;x;a.wt0310 .$,r'D;ht01870 yiNim yirUV;at0838 h,JiT ~ia ? @ ]m.WaUm q;b'Dt01692 y;P;k.b.W yiBilt03820 .$;l'ht01980
8
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
.Wv'r{v.yt08327 y;a'c/a,c.wt06631 leka{yt0398 rex;a.wt0312 h'[.r.z,at02232
9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
yi[ert07453 x;t,Pt06607 -l;[.w h'Viat0802 -l;[ yiBilt03820 h'T.pint06601 -mia ? yiT.b'r'at0693
10
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
!yirex]at0312 !.W[.r.kIyt03766 'hy,l'[.w yiT.via rex;a.lt0312 !;x.jiT
11
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
~yilyil.Pt06414 !{w'[ ayih.w h'Mizt02154 a.Wh -yiK
12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
yit'a.Wb.Tt08393 -l'k.b.W leka{Tt0398 !w{D;b]at011 -d;[ ayih veat0784 yiK ? ver'v.tt08327
13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
yid'Mi[ ~'bir.B yit'm]a;w yiD.b;[t05650 j;P.vimt04941 s;a.m,at03988 -mia
14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
d{q.pIyt06485 -yik.w leat0410 ~.Wq'yt06965 -yiK h,f/[,at06213 h'm.W ? .WN,byiv]a h'm
15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
~,x,r'Bt07358 .WN,nUk.y;w .Wh'f'[t06213 yinef{[ !,j,B;bt0990 -a{l]h ? d'x,at0259
16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
h'n'm.l;at0490 yenye[.w ~yiL;Dt01800 #,pexemt02656 [;n.m,at04513 -mia ? h,L;k]at03615
17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
h'N,Mim ~w{t'yt03490 l;k'at0398 -a{l.w yiD;b.l yiTiPt06595 l;k{a.wt0398
18
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
h'N,x.n;a yiMia !,j,Bim.W b'a.k yin;led.G y;r.W[.Nim yiK
19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
t.Ws.Kt03682 !yea.wt034 v.Wb.lt03830 yil.Bim debw{a h,a.r,at07200 -mia ? !w{y.b,a'l
20
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
~'M;x.tIyt02552 y;f'b.Kt03532 zeGim.Wt01488 w{c'l]x yin.Wk]reb a{l -mia
21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
h,a.r,at07200 -yiK yid'yt03027 ~w{t'yt03490 -l;[ yitw{pyin]h -mia ? yit'r.z,[t05833 r;[;V;bt08179
22
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
reb'Vitt07665 h'n'Qimt07070 yi[{r.z,a.wt0248 lw{Pit h'm.kiVim yipet.K
23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
l'k.Wa a{lt0410 w{tea.Fim.W lea dyeat0343 y;lea d;x;pt06343 yiK
24
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
yix;j.bimt04009 yiT.r;m'at0559 ~,t,K;l.wt03800 yil.siKt03689 b'h'zt02091 yiT.m;f -mia
25
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
ryiB;kt03524 -yik.w yilyext02428 b;rt07227 -yiK x;m.f,at08055 -mia ? yid'yt03027 h'a.c'mt04672
26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
.$el{ht01980 r'q'y ;xer'y.wt03394 leh'y yiK rw{at0216 h,a.r,at07200 -mia
27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
yip.l yid'yt03027 q;ViT;w yiBilt03820 r,teS;Bt05643 .T.piY;w
28
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
lea'lt0410 yiT.v;xikt03584 -yiK yilyil.Pt06416 !{w'[ a.Wh -m;G ? l;['Mimt04605
29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
w{a'c.mt04672 -yiK yiT.r;r{[.tih.w yia.n;f.mt08130 dyip.Bt06365 x;m.f,at08055 -mia ? ['rt07451
30
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
w{v.p;nt05315 h'l'a.Bt0423 l{a.vilt07592 yiKix a{j]x;lt02398 yiT;t'n -a{l.w
31
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
w{r'f.Bim<01320!> !eTIy -yim yil\h'at0168 yet.mt04962 .Wr.m'at0559 a{l -mia ? ['B.fint07646 a{l
32
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
x'T.p,at06605 x;r{a'lt0734 y;t'l.Dt01817 reGt01616 !yil'y -a{l #.Wx;Bt02351
33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
yiBUx.Bt02243 !w{m.jilt02934 y'['v.Pt06588 ~'d'a.kt0121 yityiSiK -mia ? yin{w][
34
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
tw{x'P.vimt04940 -z.Wb.Wt0937 h'B;rt07227 !w{m'ht01995 #w{r/[,a yiK ? x;t'pt06607 aecea -a{l ~{D,a'w yineTix.y
35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
yinen][;yt06030 y;D;vt07706 yiw'Tt08420 -n,h yil ;[em{vt08085 yil -n,TIy yim ? yibyirt07379 vyiat0376 b;t'Kt03789 r,pes.wt05612
36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
tw{r'j][t05850 .WN,d.n,[,at06029 .WN,a'F,at05375 yim.kiv -l;[ a{l -mia ? yil
37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
.WN,b]r'q]at07126 dyig'nt05057 -w{m.K .WN,dyiG;a y;d'[.ct06806 r;P.simt04557
38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
!.Wy'K.bIy 'hy,m'l.T d;x;y.wt03162 q'[.zitt02199 yit'm.d;at0127 y;l'[ -mia
39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
'hy,l'[.Bt01167 v,p,n.wt05315 @,s'kt03701 -yil.b yiT.l;k'at0398 H'x{Kt03581 -mia ? yiT.x'Pih
40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
h'v.a'bt0890 h'r{[.ft08184 -t;x;t.w ;xw{xt02336 aecey h'Jixt02406 t;x;T ? bw{Yiat0347 yer.biDt01697 .WM;T