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| [1]בְּ֭רִית כָּרַ֣תִּי לְעֵינָ֑י וּמָ֥ה אֶ֝תְבֹּונֵ֗ן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה׃ |
[1]I made a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid? |
| [2]וּמֶ֤ה ׀ חֵ֣לֶק אֱלֹ֣והַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת דַּ֗י מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃ |
[2]For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high? |
| [3]הֲלֹא־אֵ֥יד לְעַוָּ֑ל וְ֝נֵ֗כֶר לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ |
[3]Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? |
| [4]הֲלֹא־ה֖וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑י וְֽכָל־צְעָדַ֥י יִסְפֹּֽור׃ |
[4]Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps? |
| [5]אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽי׃ |
[5]If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit— |
| [6]יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝לֹ֗והַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ |
[6]Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity— |
| [7]אִ֥ם תִּטֶּ֣ה אַשֻּׁרִי֮ מִנִּ֪י הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ וְאַחַ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי הָלַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י דָּ֣בַק מֻאֽוּם ׃ |
[7]If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands; |
| [8]אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ |
[8]Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. |
| [9]אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ |
[9]If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door; |
| [10]תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃ |
[10]Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. |
| [11]כִּי־ [הוּא כ] (הִ֥יא ק) זִמָּ֑ה [וְהִיא כ] (וְ֝ה֗וּא ק) עָוֹ֥ן פְּלִילִֽים׃ |
[11]For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges. |
| [12]כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדֹּ֣ון תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃ |
[12]For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase. |
| [13]אִם־אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּי וַאֲמָתִ֑י בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
[13]If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me— |
| [14]וּמָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְכִֽי־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
[14]What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him? |
| [15]הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃ |
[15]Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb? |
| [16]אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃ |
[16]If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; |
| [17]וְאֹכַ֣ל פִּתִּ֣י לְבַדִּ֑י וְלֹא־אָכַ֖ל יָתֹ֣ום מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
[17]Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof— |
| [18]כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃ |
[18]Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have been her guide from my mother's womb. |
| [19]אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ובֵד מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֶבְיֹֽון׃ |
[19]If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; |
| [20]אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי [חֲלָצֹו כ] (חֲלָצָ֑יו ק) וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃ |
[20]If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; |
| [21]אִם־הֲנִיפֹ֣ותִי עַל־יָתֹ֣ום יָדִ֑י כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ |
[21]If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate; |
| [22]כְּ֭תֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה תִפֹּ֑ול וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י מִקָּנָ֥ה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
[22]Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. |
| [23]כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד אֵ֭לַי אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃ |
[23]For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing. |
| [24]אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃ |
[24]If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence'; |
| [25]אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח כִּי־רַ֣ב חֵילִ֑י וְכִֽי־כַ֝בִּ֗יר מָצְאָ֥ה יָדִֽי׃ |
[25]If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; |
| [26]אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ור כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ יָקָ֥ר הֹלֵֽךְ׃ |
[26]If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; |
| [27]וַיִּ֣פְתְּ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לִבִּ֑י וַתִּשַּׁ֖ק יָדִ֣י לְפִֽי׃ |
[27]And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand; |
| [28]גַּם־ה֖וּא עָוֹ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃ |
[28]This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have lied to God that is above. |
| [29]אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח בְּפִ֣יד מְשַׂנְאִ֑י וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָ֥אֹו רָֽע׃ |
[29]If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him— |
| [30]וְלֹא־נָתַ֣תִּי לַחֲטֹ֣א חִכִּ֑י לִשְׁאֹ֖ל בְּאָלָ֣ה נַפְשֹֽׁו׃ |
[30]Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse. |
| [31]אִם־לֹ֣א אָ֭מְרוּ מְתֵ֣י אָהֳלִ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן מִ֝בְּשָׂרֹ֗ו לֹ֣א נִשְׂבָּֽע׃ |
[31]If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?' |
| [32]בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃ |
[32]The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside. |
| [33]אִם־כִּסִּ֣יתִי כְאָדָ֣ם פְּשָׁעָ֑י לִטְמֹ֖ון בְּחֻבִּ֣י עֲוֹֽנִי׃ |
[33]If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom— |
| [34]כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱרֹ֨וץ ׀ הָ֘מֹ֤ון רַבָּ֗ה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ות יְחִתֵּ֑נִי וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם לֹא־אֵ֥צֵא פָֽתַח׃ |
[34]Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door. |
| [35]מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃ |
[35]Oh that I had one to hear me!—Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me—and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written! |
| [36]אִם־לֹ֣א עַלשִׁ֭־כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ עֲטָרֹ֣ות לִֽי׃ |
[36]Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown. |
| [37]מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמֹו־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
[37]I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. |
| [38]אִם־עָ֭לַי אַדְמָתִ֣י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ |
[38]If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together; |
| [39]אִם־כֹּ֖חָהּ אָכַ֣לְתִּי בְלִי־כָ֑סֶף וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלֶ֣יהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ |
[39]If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed— |
| [40]תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא חֹ֗וחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיֹּֽוב׃ |
[40]Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. |