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| [1]I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? |
[1]בְּ֭רִית כָּרַ֣תִּי לְעֵינָ֑י וּמָ֥ה אֶ֝תְבֹּונֵ֗ן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה׃ |
| [2]For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? |
[2]וּמֶ֤ה ׀ חֵ֣לֶק אֱלֹ֣והַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת דַּ֗י מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃ |
| [3]Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? |
[3]הֲלֹא־אֵ֥יד לְעַוָּ֑ל וְ֝נֵ֗כֶר לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
| [4]Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? |
[4]הֲלֹא־ה֖וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑י וְֽכָל־צְעָדַ֥י יִסְפֹּֽור׃ |
| [5]If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; |
[5]אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽי׃ |
| [6]Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. |
[6]יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝לֹ֗והַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ |
| [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; |
[7]אִ֥ם תִּטֶּ֣ה אַשֻּׁרִי֮ מִנִּ֪י הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ וְאַחַ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי הָלַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י דָּ֣בַק מֻאֽוּם ׃ |
| [8]Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. |
[8]אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ |
| [9]If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; |
[9]אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ |
| [10]Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. |
[10]תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃ |
| [11]For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. |
[11]כִּי־ [הוּא כ] (הִ֥יא ק) זִמָּ֑ה [וְהִיא כ] (וְ֝ה֗וּא ק) עָוֹ֥ן פְּלִילִֽים׃ |
| [12]For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. |
[12]כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדֹּ֣ון תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃ |
| [13]If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; |
[13]אִם־אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּי וַאֲמָתִ֑י בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
| [14]What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? |
[14]וּמָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְכִֽי־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
| [15]Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? |
[15]הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃ |
| [16]If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; |
[16]אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ |
| [17]Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; |
[17]וְאֹכַ֣ל פִּתִּ֣י לְבַדִּ֑י וְלֹא־אָכַ֖ל יָתֹ֣ום מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
| [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;) |
[18]כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃ |
| [19]If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; |
[19]אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ובֵד מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֶבְיֹֽון׃ |
| [20]If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; |
[20]אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי [חֲלָצֹו כ] (חֲלָצָ֑יו ק) וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃ |
| [21]If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: |
[21]אִם־הֲנִיפֹ֣ותִי עַל־יָתֹ֣ום יָדִ֑י כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ |
| [22]Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. |
[22]כְּ֭תֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה תִפֹּ֑ול וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י מִקָּנָ֥ה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
| [23]For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. |
[23]כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד אֵ֭לַי אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃ |
| [24]If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; |
[24]אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃ |
| [25]If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; |
[25]אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח כִּי־רַ֣ב חֵילִ֑י וְכִֽי־כַ֝בִּ֗יר מָצְאָ֥ה יָדִֽי׃ |
| [26]If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; |
[26]אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ור כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ יָקָ֥ר הֹלֵֽךְ׃ |
| [27]And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: |
[27]וַיִּ֣פְתְּ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לִבִּ֑י וַתִּשַּׁ֖ק יָדִ֣י לְפִֽי׃ |
| [28]This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. |
[28]גַּם־ה֖וּא עָוֹ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃ |
| [29]If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: |
[29]אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח בְּפִ֣יד מְשַׂנְאִ֑י וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָ֥אֹו רָֽע׃ |
| [30]Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. |
[30]וְלֹא־נָתַ֣תִּי לַחֲטֹ֣א חִכִּ֑י לִשְׁאֹ֖ל בְּאָלָ֣ה נַפְשֹֽׁו׃ |
| [31]If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. |
[31]אִם־לֹ֣א אָ֭מְרוּ מְתֵ֣י אָהֳלִ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן מִ֝בְּשָׂרֹ֗ו לֹ֣א נִשְׂבָּֽע׃ |
| [32]The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. |
[32]בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃ |
| [33]If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: |
[33]אִם־כִּסִּ֣יתִי כְאָדָ֣ם פְּשָׁעָ֑י לִטְמֹ֖ון בְּחֻבִּ֣י עֲוֹֽנִי׃ |
| [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? |
[34]כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱרֹ֨וץ ׀ הָ֘מֹ֤ון רַבָּ֗ה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ות יְחִתֵּ֑נִי וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם לֹא־אֵ֥צֵא פָֽתַח׃ |
| [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. |
[35]מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃ |
| [36]Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. |
[36]אִם־לֹ֣א עַלשִׁ֭־כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ עֲטָרֹ֣ות לִֽי׃ |
| [37]I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. |
[37]מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמֹו־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
| [38]If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; |
[38]אִם־עָ֭לַי אַדְמָתִ֣י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ |
| [39]If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: |
[39]אִם־כֹּ֖חָהּ אָכַ֣לְתִּי בְלִי־כָ֑סֶף וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלֶ֣יהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ |
| [40]Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. |
[40]תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא חֹ֗וחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיֹּֽוב׃ |