1 אַף־לְזֹאת יֶחֱרַד לִבִּי וְיִתַּר מִמְּקֹומֹו | 1 At this, my very heart quakes and leaps out of its place. |
2 שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמֹועַ בְּרֹגֶז קֹלֹו וְהֶגֶה מִפִּיו יֵצֵא | 2 Listen, oh listen, to the blast of his voice and the sound that issues from his mouth. |
3 תַּחַת־כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׁרֵהוּ וְאֹורֹו עַל־כַּנְפֹות הָאָרֶץ | 3 His lightning is hurled across the heaven, it strikes to the extremities of earth. |
4 אַחֲרָיו ׀ יִשְׁאַג־קֹול יַרְעֵם בְּקֹול גְּאֹונֹו וְלֹא יְעַקְּבֵם כִּי־יִשָּׁמַע קֹולֹו | 4 After it comes a roaring sound, God thunders with majestic voice. He does not check his thunderboltsuntil his voice resounds no more. |
5 יַרְעֵם אֵל בְּקֹולֹו נִפְלָאֹות עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְלֹא נֵדָע | 5 Yes, certainly God shows us marvels and does great deeds that we cannot understand. |
6 כִּי לַשֶּׁלַג ׀ יֹאמַר הֱוֵא אָרֶץ וְגֶשֶׁם מָטָר וְגֶשֶׁם מִטְרֹות עֻזֹּו | 6 When he says to the snow, 'Fal on the earth!' to the showers, 'Now rain hard!' |
7 בְּיַד־כָּל־אָדָם יַחְתֹּום לָדַעַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי מַעֲשֵׂהוּ | 7 he brings al human activity to a standstil , for everyone to acknowledge his work. |
8 וַתָּבֹא חַיָּה בְמֹו־אָרֶב וּבִמְעֹונֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן | 8 The animals go back to their dens and take shelter in their lairs. |
9 מִן־הַחֶדֶר תָּבֹוא סוּפָה וּמִמְּזָרִים קָרָה | 9 The storm wind comes from the Mansion of the South, and the north winds usher in the cold. |
10 מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵל יִתֶּן־קָרַח וְרֹחַב מַיִם בְּמוּצָק | 10 At the breath of God, ice comes next, the surface of the waters hardens over. |
11 אַף־בְּרִי יַטְרִיחַ עָב יָפִיץ עֲנַן אֹורֹו | 11 He weighs the clouds down with moisture, and the storm clouds radiate his lightning. |
12 וְהוּא מְסִבֹּות ׀ מִתְהַפֵּךְ [בְּתַחְבּוּלָתֹו כ] (בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָיו ק) לְפָעֳלָם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יְצַוֵּם ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי תֵבֵל אָרְצָה | 12 He himself guides their wheeling motion presiding over their seasonal changes. They carry out hisorders to the letter al over this earthly world. |
13 אִם־לְשֵׁבֶט אִם־לְאַרְצֹו אִם־לְחֶסֶד יַמְצִאֵהוּ | 13 Whether to punish earth's peoples or as a work of faithful love, he despatches them. |
14 הַאֲזִינָה זֹּאת אִיֹּוב עֲמֹד וְהִתְבֹּונֵן ׀ נִפְלְאֹות אֵל | 14 Listen to this, Job, without flinching and reflect on the marvel ous works of God. |
15 הֲתֵדַע בְּשׂוּם־אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵיהֶם וְהֹופִיעַ אֹור עֲנָנֹו | 15 Do you know how God controls them or how his clouds make the lightning flash? |
16 הֲתֵדַע עַל־מִפְלְשֵׂי־עָב מִפְלְאֹות תְּמִים דֵּעִים | 16 Do you know how he balances the clouds -- a miracle of consummate skil ? |
17 אֲשֶׁר־בְּגָדֶיךָ חַמִּים בְּהַשְׁקִט אֶרֶץ מִדָּרֹום | 17 When your clothes are hot to your body and the earth lies stil under the south wind, |
18 תַּרְקִיעַ עִמֹּו לִשְׁחָקִים חֲזָקִים כִּרְאִי מוּצָק | 18 can you, like him, stretch out the sky, tempered like a mirror of cast metal? |
19 הֹודִיעֵנוּ מַה־נֹּאמַר לֹו לֹא־נַעֲרֹךְ מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ | 19 Teach me what we should say to him: but better discuss no further, since we are in the dark. |
20 הַיְסֻפַּר־לֹו כִּי אֲדַבֵּר אִם־אָמַר אִישׁ כִּי יְבֻלָּע | 20 Does he take note when I speak? When human beings give orders, does he take it in? |
21 וְעַתָּה ׀ לֹא רָאוּ אֹור בָּהִיר הוּא בַּשְּׁחָקִים וְרוּחַ עָבְרָה וַתְּטַהֲרֵם | 21 There are times when the light vanishes, behind darkening clouds; then comes the wind, sweepingthem away. |
22 מִצָּפֹון זָהָב יֶאֱתֶה עַל־אֱלֹוהַּ נֹורָא הֹוד | 22 and brightness spreads from the north. God is clothed in fearful splendour: |
23 שַׁדַּי לֹא־מְצָאנֻהוּ שַׂגִּיא־כֹחַ וּמִשְׁפָּט וְרֹב־צְדָקָה לֹא יְעַנֶּה | 23 he, Shaddai, is far beyond our reach. Supreme in power, in equity, excel ing in saving justice, yet nooppressor- |
24 לָכֵן יְרֵאוּהוּ אֲנָשִׁים לֹא־יִרְאֶה כָּל־חַכְמֵי־לֵב׃ פ | 24 no wonder then that people fear him: everyone thoughtful holds him in awe! |