Job 27

NEW JERUSALEM	MODERN HEBREW BIBLE
1 And Job continued his solemn discourse. He said:	1 ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר
2 I swear by the living God who denies me justice, by Shaddai who has fil ed me with bitterness,	2 חי אל הסיר משפטי ושדי המר נפשי
3 that as long as a shred of life is left in me, and the breath of God breathes in my nostrils,	3 כי כל עוד נשמתי בי ורוח אלוה באפי
4 my lips wil never speak evil nor my tongue utter any lie.	4 אם תדברנה שפתי עולה ולשוני אם יהגה רמיה
5 Far from admitting you to be in the right, I shal maintain my integrity to my dying day.	5 חלילה לי אם אצדיק אתכם עד אגוע לא אסיר תמתי ממני
6 I take my stand on my uprightness, I shal not stir: in my heart I need not be ashamed of my days.	6 בצדקתי החזקתי ולא ארפה לא יחרף לבבי מימי
7 Let my enemy meet the fate of the wicked, my adversary, the lot of the evil-doer!	7 יהי כרשע איבי ומתקוממי כעול
8 For what hope does the godless have when he prays and raises his soul to God?	8 כי מה תקות חנף כי יבצע כי ישל אלוה נפשו
9 Is God likely to hear his cries when disaster descends on him?	9 הצעקתו ישמע אל כי תבוא עליו צרה
10 Did he make Shaddai al his delight, calling on him at every turn?	10 אם על שדי יתענג יקרא אלוה בכל עת
11 But I am showing you the way that God works, making no secret of Shaddai's designs.	11 אורה אתכם ביד אל אשר עם שדי לא אכחד
12 And if you had al understood them for yourselves, you would not have wasted your breath in emptywords.	12 הן אתם כלכם חזיתם ולמה זה הבל תהבלו
13 This is the fate that God assigns to the wicked, the inheritance that the violent receive from Shaddai.	13 זה חלק אדם רשע עם אל ונחלת עריצים משדי יקחו
14 Though he have many children, it is but for the sword; his descendants will never have enough to eat.	14 אם ירבו בניו למו חרב וצאצאיו לא ישבעו לחם
15 Plague will bury those he leaves behind him, and their widows wil have no chance to mourn them.	15 שרידו במות יקברו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה
16 Though he amass silver like dust and gather fine clothes like clay,	16 אם יצבר כעפר כסף וכחמר יכין מלבוש
17 let him gather!-some good man wil wear them, while his silver is shared among the upright.	17 יכין וצדיק ילבש וכסף נקי יחלק
18 All he has built himself is a spider's web, made himself a watchman's shack.	18 בנה כעש ביתו וכסכה עשה נצר
19 He goes to bed rich, but never again: he wakes to find it has al gone. As drought and heat makesnow disappear, so does Sheol anyone who has sinned.	19 עשיר ישכב ולא יאסף עיניו פקח ואיננו
20 Terror assails him in broad daylight, and at night a whirlwind sweeps him off. The womb that shapedhim forgets him and his name is recal ed no longer. Thus wickedness is blasted as a tree is struck.	20 תשיגהו כמים בלהות לילה גנבתו סופה
21 An east wind picks him up and drags him away, snatching him up from his homestead. He used to il -treat the childless woman and show no kindness to the widow.	21 ישאהו קדים וילך וישערהו ממקמו
22 Pitilessly he is turned into a target, and forced to flee from the hands that menace him. But he wholays mighty hold on tyrants rises up to take away a life that seemed secure.	22 וישלך עליו ולא יחמל מידו ברוח יברח
23 His downfall is greeted with applause, he is hissed wherever he goes. He is no more than a strawfloating on the water, his estate is accursed throughout the land, nobody goes near his vineyard. He let him buildhis hopes on false security, but kept his eyes on every step he took.	23 ישפק עלימו כפימו וישרק עליו ממקמו
24 He had his time of glory, now he vanishes, wilting like the saltwort once it is picked, and withering likean ear of corn.