Job 6

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 Job spoke next. He said:	1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר
2 If only my misery could be weighed, and al my il s be put together on the scales!	2 לוּ שָׁקֹול יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי [וְהַיָּתִי כ] (וְהַוָּתִי ק) בְּמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָחַד
3 But they outweigh the sands of the seas: what wonder then if my words are wild?	3 כִּי־עַתָּה מֵחֹול יַמִּים יִכְבָּד עַל־כֵּן דְּבָרַי לָעוּ
4 The arrows of Shaddai stick fast in me, my spirit absorbs their poison, God's terrors stand paradedagainst me.	4 כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי בִּעוּתֵי אֱלֹוהַּ יַעַרְכוּנִי
5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox low when its fodder is within reach?	5 הֲיִנְהַק־פֶּרֶא עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא אִם יִגְעֶהשֹּׁ־ור עַל־בְּלִילֹו
6 Is not food insipid, eaten without salt, is there any taste in egg-white?	6 הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶלַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמוּת
7 But the very things my appetite revolts at are now my diet in sickness.	7 מֵאֲנָה לִנְגֹּועַ נַפְשִׁי הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי
8 Will no one hear my prayer, will not God himself grant my hope?	8 מִי־יִתֵּן תָּבֹוא שֶׁאֱלָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי יִתֵּן אֱלֹוהַּ
9 May it please God to crush me, to give his hand free play and do away with me!	9 וְיֹאֵל אֱלֹוהַּ וִידַכְּאֵנִי יַתֵּר יָדֹו וִיבַצְּעֵנִי
10 This thought, at least, would give me comfort (a thril of joy in unrelenting pain), that I never rebel edagainst the Holy One's decrees.	10 וּתְהִי עֹוד ׀ נֶחָמָתִי וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה לֹא יַחְמֹול כִּי־לֹא כִחַדְתִּי אִמְרֵי קָדֹושׁ
11 But have I the strength to go on waiting? And why be patient, when doomed to such an end?	11 מַה־כֹּחִי כִי־אֲיַחֵל וּמַה־קִּצִּי כִּי־אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי
12 Is mine the strength of stone, is my flesh made of bronze?	12 אִם־כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִם־בְּשָׂרִי נָחוּשׁ
13 Can I support myself on nothing? Has not al help deserted me?	13 הַאִם אֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִי וְתֻשִׁיָּה נִדְּחָה מִמֶּנִּי
14 Refuse faithful love to your neighbour and you forsake the fear of Shaddai.	14 לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד וְיִרְאַת שַׁדַּי יַעֲזֹוב
15 Like the torrent, my brothers have proved deceptive, as fleeting torrents they flow:	15 אַחַי בָּגְדוּ כְמֹו־נָחַל כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים יַעֲבֹרוּ
16 the ice makes their waters turgid when, above them, the snow melts,	16 הַקֹּדְרִים מִנִּי־קָרַח עָלֵימֹו יִתְעַלֶּם־שָׁלֶג
17 but, come the burning summer, they run dry, they vanish in the heat of the sun.	17 בְּעֵת יְזֹרְבוּ נִצְמָתוּ בְּחֻמֹּו נִדְעֲכוּ מִמְּקֹומָם
18 Caravans leave the trail to find them, go deep into wastelands, and are lost.	18 יִלָּפְתוּ אָרְחֹות דַּרְכָּם יַעֲלוּ בַתֹּהוּ וְיֹאבֵדוּ
19 The caravans of Tema look to them, and on them Sheba's convoys build their hopes.	19 הִבִּיטוּ אָרְחֹות תֵּמָא הֲלִיכֹת בָא קִוּוּ־לָמֹו
20 Their trust brings only embarrassment, they reach them only to be thwarted.	20 בֹּשׁוּ כִּי־בָטָח בָּאוּ עָדֶיהָ וַיֶּחְפָּרוּ
21 And this is how you now treat me, terrified at the sight of me, you take fright.	21 כִּי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם [לֹא כ] (לֹו ק) תִּרְאוּ חֲתַת וַתִּירָאוּ
22 Have I said to you, 'Give me something, make some present for me at your own cost,	22 הֲ‍כִי־אָמַרְתִּי הָבוּ לִי וּמִכֹּחֲכֶם שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי
23 snatch me from the grasp of an oppressor, ransom me from the grip of a violent man'?	23 וּמַלְּטוּנִי מִיַּד־צָר וּמִיַּד עָרִיצִים תִּפְדּוּנִי
24 Put me right, and I shal say no more; show me where I have been at fault.	24 הֹורוּנִי וַאֲנִי אַחֲרִישׁ וּמַהשָּׁ־גִיתִי הָבִינוּ לִי
25 Fair comment can be borne without resentment, but what are your strictures aimed at?	25 מַה־נִּמְרְצוּ אִמְרֵי־יֹשֶׁר וּמַה־יֹּוכִיחַ הֹוכֵחַ מִכֶּם
26 Do you think mere words deserve censure, desperate speech that the wind blows away?	26 הַלְהֹוכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָשׁ
27 Soon you wil be haggling over the price of an orphan, and sel ing your friend at bargain price!	27 אַף־עַל־יָתֹום תַּפִּילוּ וְתִכְרוּ עַל־רֵיעֲכֶם
28 Come, I beg you, look at me: man to man, I shal not lie.	28 וְעַתָּה הֹואִילוּ פְנוּ־בִי וְעַל־פְּנֵיכֶם אִם־אֲכַזֵּב
29 Relent then, no harm is done; relent then, since I am upright.	29 שֻׁבוּ־נָא אַל־תְּהִי עַוְלָה [וְשֻׁבִי כ] (וְשׁוּבוּ ק) עֹוד צִדְקִי־בָהּ
30 Is evil to be found on my lips? Can I not recognise misfortune when I taste it?	30 הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשֹׁונִי עַוְלָה אִם־חִכִּי לֹא־יָבִין הַוֹּות