Job 10

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Miqra 'al pi ha-Mesorah
1 "I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.	1 נָֽקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּיאֶעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִיאֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃
2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.	2 אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִיהוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃
3 Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?	3 הֲטוֹב לְךָ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁקכִּֽי־תִמְאַס יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָוְעַל־עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Dost thou see as man sees?	4 הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְאִם־כִּרְאוֹת אֱנוֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃
5 Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's years,	5 הֲכִימֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יָמֶיךָאִם־שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָֽבֶר׃
6 that thou dost seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,	6 כִּֽי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֺנִיוּֽלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃
7 although thou knowest that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?	7 עַֽל־דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹא אֶרְשָׁעוְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּֽיל׃
8 Thy hands fashioned and made me; and now thou dost turn about and destroy me.	8 יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּנִייַחַד סָבִיב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃
9 Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?	9 זְכׇר־נָא כִּֽי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִיוְֽאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃
10 Didst thou not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?	10 הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִיוְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃
11 Thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.	11 עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִיוּֽבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּשֹׂכְכֵֽנִי׃
12 Thou hast granted me life and steadfast love; and thy care has preserved my spirit.	12 חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִיוּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָֽׁמְרָה רוּחִֽי׃
13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.	13 וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָיָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּֽךְ׃
14 If I sin, thou dost mark me, and dost not acquit me of my iniquity.	14 אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִיוּמֵעֲוֺנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃
15 If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.	15 אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִיוְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁישְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עׇנְיִֽי׃
16 And if I lift myself up, thou dost hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me;	16 וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִיוְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃
17 thou dost renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thy vexation toward me; thou dost bring fresh hosts against me.	17 תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּיוְתֶרֶב כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִיחֲלִיפוֹת וְצָבָא עִמִּֽי׃
18 "Why didst thou bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,	18 וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִיאֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹֽא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃
19 and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.	19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶהמִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָֽל׃
20 Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort	20 הֲלֹֽא־מְעַט יָמַי יחדל וַחֲדָל ישית וְשִׁית מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָֽט׃
21 before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,	21 בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּבאֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
22 the land of gloom and chaos, where light is as darkness."	22 אֶרֶץ עֵפָתָה ׀ כְּמוֹ אֹפֶלצַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִיםוַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃