Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 9

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר	1 And Job, responding, said:
2 אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנֹושׁ עִם־אֵל	2 Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
3 אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמֹּו לֹא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָלֶף	3 If he chooses to contend with him, he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.
4 חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָם	4 He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?
5 הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפֹּו	5 He has moved mountains, and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.
6 הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקֹומָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצוּן	6 He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
7 הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כֹּוכָבִים יַחְתֹּם	7 He commands the sun and it does not rise, and he closes the stars as if under a seal.
8 נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדֹּו וְדֹורֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָם	8 He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
9 עֹשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָן	9 He fashions Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the interior of the south.
10 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר	10 He accomplishes great and incomprehensible and miraculous things, which cannot be numbered.
11 הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו	11 If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
12 הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה	12 If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”
13 אֱלֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפֹּו [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּיו ק) חֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָהַב	13 God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
14 אַף כִּי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמֹּו	14 what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
15 אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּן	15 And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.
16 אִם־קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹא־אַאֲמִין כִּי־יַאֲזִין קֹולִי	16 And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
17 אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּם	17 For he will crush me in a whirlwind and multiply my wounds, even without cause.
18 לֹא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִים	18 He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
19 אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יֹועִידֵנִי	19 If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me.
20 אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּם־אָנִי וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי	20 If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.
21 תָּם־אָנִי לֹא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּי	21 And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.
22 אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּה	22 There is one thing that I have said: both the innocent and the impious he consumes.
23 אִםשֹׁ־וט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָג	23 If he scourges, let him kill all at once, and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
24 אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפֹוא מִי־הוּא	24 Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?
25 וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טֹובָה	25 My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.
26 חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיֹּות אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹכֶל	26 They have passed by like ships carrying fruits, just like an eagle flying to food.
27 אִם־אָמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִיגָה	27 If I say: “By no means will I speak this way.” I change my face and I am tortured with sorrow.
28 יָגֹרְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי	28 I have dreaded all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
29 אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָע	29 Yet, if I am also just as impious, why have I labored in vain?
30 אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי [בְמֹו כ] (בְמֵי־שָׁלֶג ק) וַהֲזִכֹּותִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּי	30 If I had been washed with snow-like waters, and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,
31 אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמֹותָי	31 yet you would plunge me in filth, and my own garments would abhor me.
32 כִּי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבֹוא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּט	32 For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.
33 לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מֹוכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדֹו עַל־שְׁנֵינוּ	33 There is no one who could both prevail in argument and in placing his hand between the two.
34 יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְטֹו וְאֵמָתֹו אַל־תְּבַעֲתַנִּי	34 Let him take his staff away from me, and let not the fear of him terrify me.
35 אַדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִי	35 I will speak and I will not fear him, for in fearfulness I am not able to respond.