1 קְרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עֹונֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶה | 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? |
2 כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה | 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. |
3 אֲנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקֹּוב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם | 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. |
4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל | 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. |
5 אֲשֶׁר קְצִירֹו ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָם | 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. |
6 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָל | 6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; |
7 כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף | 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. |
8 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי | 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: |
9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר | 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: |
10 הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֹות | 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: |
11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרֹום וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶשַׁע | 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. |
12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבֹות עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה | 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. |
13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה | 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. |
14 יֹומָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם | 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. |
15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֹון | 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. |
16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ | 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. |
17 הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנֹושׁ יֹוכִחֶנּוּ אֱלֹוהַּ וּמוּסַר דַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס | 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: |
18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ [וְיָדֹו כ] (וְיָדָיו ק) תִּרְפֶּינָה | 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. |
19 בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרֹות יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע | 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. |
20 בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב | 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. |
21 בְּשֹׁוט לָשֹׁון תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֹוא | 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. |
22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא | 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
23 כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ | 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. |
24 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלֹום אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא | 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. |
25 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ | 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. |
26 תָּבֹוא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלֹות גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתֹּו | 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. |
27 הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא מָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃ פ | 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. |