Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 29

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 וַיֹּסֶף אִיֹּוב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר	1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלֹוהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי	2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 בְּהִלֹּו נֵרֹו עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאֹורֹו אֵלֶךְ חֹשֶׁךְ	3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסֹוד אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִי	4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 בְּעֹוד דַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבֹותַי נְעָרָי	5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָׁמֶן	6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7 בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי־קָרֶת בָּרְחֹוב אָכִין מֹושָׁבִי	7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8 רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָדוּ	8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9 רִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶם	9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 קֹול־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשֹׁונָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵקָה	10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 כִּי אֹזֶן מְעָה וַתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵנִי	11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 כִּי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתֹום וְלֹא־עֹזֵר לֹו	12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד עָלַי תָּבֹא וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִן	13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִי	14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָנִי	15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 אָב אָנֹכִי לָאֶבְיֹונִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵהוּ	16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 וָאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעֹות עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָרֶף	17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחֹול אַרְבֶּה יָמִים	18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָיִם וְטַל יָלִין בִּקְצִירִי	19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 כְּבֹודִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִיף	20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21 לִי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמֹו עֲצָתִי	21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימֹו תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִי	22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 וְיִחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֹושׁ	23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ וְאֹור פָּנַי לֹא יַפִּילוּן	24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25 אֶבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכֹּון כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵם	25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.