Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 37

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 אַף־לְזֹאת יֶחֱרַד לִבִּי וְיִתַּר מִמְּקֹומֹו	1 At this my heart trembles and leaps out of its place,
2 שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמֹועַ בְּרֹגֶז קֹלֹו וְהֶגֶה מִפִּיו יֵצֵא	2 To hear his angry voice as it rumbles forth from his mouth!
3 תַּחַת־כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׁרֵהוּ וְאֹורֹו עַל־כַּנְפֹות הָאָרֶץ	3 Everywhere under the heavens he sends it, with his lightning, to the ends of the earth.
4 אַחֲרָיו ׀ יִשְׁאַג־קֹול יַרְעֵם בְּקֹול גְּאֹונֹו וְלֹא יְעַקְּבֵם כִּי־יִשָּׁמַע קֹולֹו	4 Again his voice roars-- the majestic sound of his thunder.
5 יַרְעֵם אֵל בְּקֹולֹו נִפְלָאֹות עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְלֹא נֵדָע	5 He does great things beyond our knowing; wonders past our searching out.
6 כִּי לַשֶּׁלַג ׀ יֹאמַר הֱוֵא אָרֶץ וְגֶשֶׁם מָטָר וְגֶשֶׁם מִטְרֹות עֻזֹּו	6 For he says to the snow, "Fall to the earth"; likewise to his heavy, drenching rain.
7 בְּיַד־כָּל־אָדָם יַחְתֹּום לָדַעַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ	7 He shuts up all mankind indoors;
8 וַתָּבֹא חַיָּה בְמֹו־אָרֶב וּבִמְעֹונֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן	8 the wild beasts take to cover and remain quietly in their dens.
9 מִן־הַחֶדֶר תָּבֹוא סוּפָה וּמִמְּזָרִים קָרָה	9 Out of its chamber comes forth the tempest; from the north winds, the cold.
10 מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵל יִתֶּן־קָרַח וְרֹחַב מַיִם בְּמוּצָק	10 With his breath God brings the frost, and the broad waters become congealed.
11 אַף־בְּרִי יַטְרִיחַ עָב יָפִיץ עֲנַן אֹורֹו	11 With hail, also, the clouds are laden, as they scatter their flashes of light.
12 וְהוּא מְסִבֹּות ׀ מִתְהַפֵּךְ [בְּתַחְבּוּלָתֹו כ] (בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָיו ק) לְפָעֳלָם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יְצַוֵּם ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי תֵבֵל אָרְצָה	12 He it is who changes their rounds, according to his plans, in their task upon the surface of the earth,
13 אִם־לְשֵׁבֶט אִם־לְאַרְצֹו אִם־לְחֶסֶד יַמְצִאֵהוּ	13 whether for punishment or mercy, as he commands.
14 הַאֲזִינָה זֹּאת אִיֹּוב עֲמֹד וְהִתְבֹּונֵן ׀ נִפְלְאֹות אֵל	14 Hearken to this, O Job! Stand and consider the wondrous works of God!
15 הֲתֵדַע בְּשׂוּם־אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵיהֶם וְהֹופִיעַ אֹור עֲנָנֹו	15 Do you know how God lays his commands upon them, and makes the light shine forth from his clouds?
16 הֲתֵדַע עַל־מִפְלְשֵׂי־עָב מִפְלְאֹות תְּמִים דֵּעִים	16 Do you know how the clouds are banked, the wondrous work of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 אֲשֶׁר־בְּגָדֶיךָ חַמִּים בְּהַשְׁקִט אֶרֶץ מִדָּרֹום	17 You, whom the streams of water fail when a calm from the south comes over the land,
18 תַּרְקִיעַ עִמֹּו לִשְׁחָקִים חֲזָקִים כִּרְאִי מוּצָק	18 Do you spread out with him the firmament of the skies, hard as a brazen mirror?
19 הֹודִיעֵנוּ מַה־נֹּאמַר לֹו לֹא־נַעֲרֹךְ מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ	19 Teach us then what we shall say to him; we cannot, for the darkness, make our plea.
20 הַיְסֻפַּר־לֹו כִּי אֲדַבֵּר אִם־אָמַר אִישׁ כִּי יְבֻלָּע	20 Will he be told about it when I speak, or when a man says he is being destroyed?
21 וְעַתָּה ׀ לֹא רָאוּ אֹור בָּהִיר הוּא בַּשְּׁחָקִים וְרוּחַ עָבְרָה וַתְּטַהֲרֵם	21 Nay, rather, it is as the light which men see not while it is obscured among the clouds, till the wind comes by and sweeps the clouds away.
22 מִצָּפֹון זָהָב יֶאֱתֶה עַל־אֱלֹוהַּ נֹורָא הֹוד	22 From the North the splendor comes, surrounding God's awesome majesty!
23 שַׁדַּי לֹא־מְצָאנֻהוּ שַׂגִּיא־כֹחַ וּמִשְׁפָּט וְרֹב־צְדָקָה לֹא יְעַנֶּה	23 The Almighty! we cannot discover him, pre-eminent in power and judgment; his great justice owes no one an accounting.
24 לָכֵן יְרֵאוּהוּ אֲנָשִׁים לֹא־יִרְאֶה כָּל־חַכְמֵי־לֵב׃ פ	24 Therefore men revere him, though none can see him, however wise their hearts.