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| [1]הֲלֹא־צָבָ֣א לֶאֱנֹ֣ושׁ [עַל־ כ] (עֲלֵי־אָ֑רֶץ ק) וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו׃ |
[1]Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? And are not his days as the days of an hireling? |
| [2]כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֹֽו׃ |
[2]As a servant longeth for the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the end of his work, |
| [3]כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵילֹ֥ות עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃ |
[3]So have I had as an inheritance the months of vanity, and painful nights have been appointed unto me. |
| [4]אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃ |
[4]If I laid me down, I said, When shall I arise? And measuring the evening I am even full with tossing to and fro unto the dawning of the day. |
| [5]לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה [וְגִישׁ כ] (וְג֣וּשׁ ק) עָפָ֑ר עֹורִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ |
[5]My flesh is clothed with worms and filthiness of the dust: my skin is rent, and become horrible. |
| [6]יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃ |
[6]My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they are spent without hope. |
| [7]זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְאֹ֥ות טֹֽוב׃ |
[7]Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not return to see pleasure. |
| [8]לֹֽא־תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ |
[8]The eye that hath seen me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I shall be no longer. |
| [9]כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יֹורֵ֥ד אֹ֗ול לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃ |
[9]As the cloud vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth down to the grave, shall come up no more. |
| [10]לֹא־יָשׁ֣וּב עֹ֣וד לְבֵיתֹ֑ו וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ עֹ֣וד מְקֹמֹֽו׃ |
[10]He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. |
| [11]גַּם־אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃ |
[11]Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit, and muse in the bitterness of my mind. |
| [12]הֲֽיָם־אָ֭נִי אִם־תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי־תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר׃ |
[12]Am I a sea or a whale fish, that thou keepest me in ward? |
| [13]כִּֽי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃ |
[13]When I say, My couch shall relieve me , and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation, |
| [14]וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמֹ֑ות וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנֹ֥ות תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ |
[14]Then fearest thou me with dreams, and astonishest me with visions. |
| [15]וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמֹותָֽי׃ |
[15]Therefore my soul chooseth rather to be strangled and to die, than to be in my bones. |
| [16]מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי׃ |
[16]I abhor it, I shall not live alway: spare me then, for my days are but vanity. |
| [17]מָֽה־אֱ֭נֹושׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃ |
[17]What is man, that thou dost magnify him, and that thou settest thine heart upon him? |
| [18]וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃ |
[18]And dost visit him every morning, and tryest him every moment? |
| [19]כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃ |
[19]How long will it be ere thou depart from me? Thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallow my spittle. |
| [20]חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ |
[20]I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee? O thou preserver of men, why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden unto myself? |
| [21]וּמֶ֤ה ׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֪יר אֶת־עֲוֹ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ |
[21]And why dost thou not pardon my trespass? And take away mine iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found. |