1 קְרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עֹונֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶה | 1 Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints. |
2 כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה | 2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one. |
3 אֲנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקֹּוב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם | 3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately. |
4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל | 4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them. |
5 אֲשֶׁר קְצִירֹו ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָם | 5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches. |
6 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָל | 6 Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground. |
7 כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף | 7 Man is born to labour and the bird to fly. |
8 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי | 8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God: |
9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר | 9 Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number: |
10 הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֹות | 10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters: |
11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרֹום וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶשַׁע | 11 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn. |
12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבֹות עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה | 12 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: |
13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה | 13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked: |
14 יֹומָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם | 14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night. |
15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֹון | 15 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent. |
16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ | 16 And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth. |
17 הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנֹושׁ יֹוכִחֶנּוּ אֱלֹוהַּ וּמוּסַר דַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס | 17 Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord: |
18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ [וְיָדֹו כ] (וְיָדָיו ק) תִּרְפֶּינָה | 18 For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal. |
19 בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרֹות יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע | 19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee. |
20 בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב | 20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword. |
21 בְּשֹׁוט לָשֹׁון תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֹוא | 21 Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh. |
22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא | 22 In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
23 כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ | 23 But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee. |
24 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלֹום אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא | 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin. |
25 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ | 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth. |
26 תָּבֹוא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלֹות גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתֹּו | 26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season. |
27 הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא מָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃ פ | 27 Behold, this is even so, as we have searched oat: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind. |