Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 11

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַר	1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּק	2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִם	3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶיךָ	4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 וְאוּלָם מִי־יִתֵּן אֱלֹוהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּךְ	5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּעֲלֻמֹות חָכְמָה כִּי־כִפְלַיִם לְתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלֹוהַ מֵעֲוֹנֶךָ	6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 הַחֵקֶר אֱלֹוהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָא	7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8 גָּבְהֵי מַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאֹול מַה־תֵּדָע	8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9 אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָם	9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ	10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבֹּונָן	11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵד	12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
13 אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינֹותָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּךָ	13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָה	14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָא	15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 כִּי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּר	16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 וּמִצָּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶה	17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 וּבָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּב	18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 וְרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּים	19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנֹוס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַפַּח־נָפֶשׁ׃ פ	20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.