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| [1]Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? |
[1]קְֽרָא־נָ֭א הֲיֵ֣שׁ עֹונֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל־מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ |
| [2]For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. |
[2]כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃ |
| [3]I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed. |
[3]אֲֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקֹּ֖וב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ |
| [4]His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them. |
[4]יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣יו מִיֶּ֑שַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃ |
| [5]Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance. |
[5]אֲשֶׁ֤ר קְצִירֹ֨ו ׀ רָ֘עֵ֤ב יֹאכֵ֗ל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּ֥ים יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁאַ֖ף צַמִּ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃ |
| [6]For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; |
[6]כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵ֣א מֵעָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא־יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל׃ |
| [7]But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. |
[7]כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃ |
| [8]But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause; |
[8]אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ |
| [9]Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; |
[9]עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלֹות וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָאֹ֗ות עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ |
| [10]Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields; |
[10]הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֹֽות׃ |
| [11]So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety. |
[11]לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָרֹ֑ום וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ |
| [12]He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial. |
[12]מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ות עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ |
| [13]He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong. |
[13]לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ |
| [14]They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night. |
[14]יֹומָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃ |
| [15]But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty. |
[15]וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֹֽון׃ |
| [16]So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. |
[16]וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ |
| [17]Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. |
[17]הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נֹושׁ יֹוכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ אֱלֹ֑והַּ וּמוּסַ֥ר דַּ֗י אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ |
| [18]For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole. |
[18]כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ [וְיָדֹו כ] (וְיָדָ֥יו ק) תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ |
| [19]He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. |
[19]בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רֹות יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע׃ |
| [20]In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword. |
[20]בְּ֭רָעָב פָּֽדְךָ֣ מִמָּ֑וֶת וּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗ה מִ֣ידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ |
| [21]Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. |
[21]בְּשֹׁ֣וט לָ֭שֹׁון תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֹֽוא׃ |
| [22]At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
[22]לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ |
| [23]For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. |
[23]כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃ |
| [24]And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing. |
[24]וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלֹ֣ום אָהֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥ נָ֝וְךָ וְלֹ֣א תֶחֱטָֽא׃ |
| [25]Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. |
[25]וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
| [26]Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season. |
[26]תָּבֹ֣וא בְכֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי־קָ֑בֶר כַּעֲלֹ֖ות גָּדִ֣ישׁ בְּעִתֹּֽו׃ |
| [27]Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. |
[27]הִנֵּה־זֹ֭את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן־הִ֑יא מָעֶ֗נָּה וְאַתָּ֥ה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ |