1
I
made a
covenant with mine
eyes; why then should I
think upon a
maid?
h'l.Wt.B -l;[ !enw{B.t,a h'm.W y'nye[.l yiT;r'K tyir.B
2
For what
portion of
God is there from
above? and what
inheritance of the
Almighty from on
high?
~yim{r.Mim y;D;v t;l]x;n.w l;['Mim ;Hw{l/a q,lex h,m.W
3
Is not
destruction to the
wicked? and a
strange punishment to the
workers of
iniquity?
!,w'a yel][{p.l r,ken.w l\W;[.l dyea -a{l]h
4
Doth not he
see my
ways, and
count all my
steps?
rw{P.sIy y;d'[.c -l'k.w y'k'r.d h,a.rIy a.Wh -a{l]h
5
If I have
walked with
vanity, or if my
foot hath
hasted to
deceit;
h'm.rim -l;[ v;x;T;w a.w'v -mi[ yiT.k;l'h -mia ? yil.g;r
6
Let me be
weighed in an
even balance, that
God may
know mine
integrity.
yit'MUT ;Hw{l/a [;dey.w q,d,c -yen.za{m.b yinel.q.vIy
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.w .$,r'D;h yiNim yirUV;a h,JiT ~ia ? @ ]m.WaUm q;b'D y;P;k.b.W yiBil .$;l'h
8
Then let me
sow, and let
another eat; yea, let my
offspring be rooted
out.
.Wv'r{v.y y;a'c/a,c.w leka{y rex;a.w h'[.r.z,a
9
If mine
heart have been
deceived by a
woman, or if I have laid
wait at my
neighbour's door;
yi[er x;t,P -l;[.w h'Via -l;[ yiBil h'T.pin -mia ? yiT.b'r'a
10
Then let my
wife grind unto
another, and let
others bow
down upon her.
!yirex]a !.W[.r.kIy 'hy,l'[.w yiT.via rex;a.l !;x.jiT
11
For this is an heinous
crime; yea, it is an
iniquity to be punished by the
judges.
~yilyil.P !{w'[ ayih.w h'Miz a.Wh -yiK
12
For it is a
fire that
consumeth to
destruction, and would root
out all mine
increase.
yit'a.Wb.T -l'k.b.W leka{T !w{D;b]a -d;[ ayih vea yiK ? ver'v.t
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;[ j;P.vim s;a.m,a -mia
14
What then shall I
do when
God riseth
up? and when he
visiteth, what shall I
answer him?
d{q.pIy -yik.w lea ~.Wq'y -yiK h,f/[,a 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'B .WN,nUk.y;w .Wh'f'[ yinef{[ !,j,B;b -a{l]h ? d'x,a
16
If I have
withheld the
poor from their
desire, or have caused the
eyes of the
widow to
fail;
h'n'm.l;a yenye[.w ~yiL;D #,pexem [;n.m,a -mia ? h,L;k]a
17
Or have
eaten my
morsel myself alone, and the
fatherless hath not
eaten thereof;
h'N,Mim ~w{t'y l;k'a -a{l.w yiD;b.l yiTiP l;k{a.w
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.K !yea.w v.Wb.l yil.Bim debw{a h,a.r,a -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.tIy y;f'b.K zeGim.W 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,a -yiK yid'y ~w{t'y -l;[ yitw{pyin]h -mia ? yit'r.z,[ r;[;V;b
22
Then let mine
arm fall from my shoulder
blade, and mine
arm be
broken from the
bone.
reb'Vit h'n'Qim yi[{r.z,a.w 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{l w{tea.Fim.W lea dyea y;lea d;x;p yiK
24
If I have
made gold my
hope, or have
said to the fine
gold, Thou art my
confidence;
yix;j.bim yiT.r;m'a ~,t,K;l.w yil.siK b'h'z yiT.m;f -mia
25
If I
rejoiced because my
wealth was
great, and because mine
hand had
gotten much;
ryiB;k -yik.w yilyex b;r -yiK x;m.f,a -mia ? yid'y h'a.c'm
26
If I
beheld the
sun when it
shined, or the
moon walking in
brightness;
.$el{h r'q'y ;xer'y.w leh'y yiK rw{a h,a.r,a -mia
27
And my
heart hath been
secretly enticed, or my
mouth hath
kissed my
hand:
yip.l yid'y q;ViT;w yiBil r,teS;B .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'l yiT.v;xik -yiK yilyil.P !{w'[ a.Wh -m;G ? l;['Mim
29
If I
rejoiced at the
destruction of him that
hated me, or lifted
up myself when
evil found him:
w{a'c.m -yiK yiT.r;r{[.tih.w yia.n;f.m dyip.B x;m.f,a -mia ? ['r
30
Neither have I
suffered my
mouth to
sin by
wishing a
curse to his
soul.
w{v.p;n h'l'a.B l{a.vil yiKix a{j]x;l 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'a yet.m .Wr.m'a a{l -mia ? ['B.fin a{l
32
The
stranger did not
lodge in the
street: but I
opened my
doors to the
traveller.
x'T.p,a x;r{a'l y;t'l.D reG !yil'y -a{l #.Wx;B
33
If I
covered my
transgressions as
Adam, by
hiding mine
iniquity in my
bosom:
yiBUx.B !w{m.jil y'['v.P ~'d'a.k 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.vim -z.Wb.W h'B;r !w{m'h #w{r/[,a yiK ? x;t'p 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][;y y;D;v yiw'T -n,h yil ;[em{v yil -n,TIy yim ? yibyir vyia b;t'K r,pes.w
36
Surely I would
take it upon my
shoulder, and
bind it as a
crown to me.
tw{r'j][ .WN,d.n,[,a .WN,a'F,a 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]a dyig'n -w{m.K .WN,dyiG;a y;d'[.c r;P.sim
38
If my
land cry against me, or that the
furrows likewise thereof
complain;
!.Wy'K.bIy 'hy,m'l.T d;x;y.w q'[.zit yit'm.d;a 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'[.B v,p,n.w @,s'k -yil.b yiT.l;k'a H'x{K -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'b h'r{[.f -t;x;t.w ;xw{x aecey h'Jix t;x;T ? bw{Yia yer.biD .WM;T