1 קְרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עֹונֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶה | 1 Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you appeal? |
2 כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה | 2 Nay, impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton. |
3 אֲנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקֹּוב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם | 3 I have seen a fool spreading his roots, but his household suddenly decayed. |
4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל | 4 His children shall be far from safety; they shall be crushed at the gate without a rescuer. |
5 אֲשֶׁר קְצִירֹו ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָם | 5 What they have reaped the hungry shall eat up; (or God shall take it away by blight;) and the thirsty shall swallow their substance. |
6 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָל | 6 For mischief comes not out of the earth, nor does trouble spring out of the ground; |
7 כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף | 7 But man himself begets mischief, as sparks fly upward. |
8 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי | 8 In your place, I would appeal to God, and to God I would state my plea. |
9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר | 9 |
10 הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֹות | 10 He gives rain upon the earth and sends water upon the fields; |
11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרֹום וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶשַׁע | 11 He sets up on high the lowly, and those who mourn he exalts to safety. |
12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבֹות עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה | 12 He frustrates the plans of the cunning, so that their hands achieve no success; |
13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה | 13 He catches the wise in their own ruses, and the designs of the crafty are routed. |
14 יֹומָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם | 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and at noonday they grope as though it were night. |
15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֹון | 15 But the poor from the edge of the sword and from the hand of the mighty, he saves. |
16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ | 16 Thus the unfortunate have hope, and iniquity closes her mouth. |
17 הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנֹושׁ יֹוכִחֶנּוּ אֱלֹוהַּ וּמוּסַר דַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס | 17 Happy is the man whom God reproves! The Almighty's chastening do not reject. |
18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ [וְיָדֹו כ] (וְיָדָיו ק) תִּרְפֶּינָה | 18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands give healing. |
19 בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרֹות יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע | 19 Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you. |
20 בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב | 20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in war from the threat of the sword; |
21 בְּשֹׁוט לָשֹׁון תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֹוא | 21 From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and shall not fear approaching ruin. |
22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא | 22 At destruction and want you shall laugh; the beasts of the earth you need not dread. |
23 כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ | 23 You shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild beasts shall be at peace with you. |
24 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלֹום אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא | 24 And you shall know that your tent is secure; taking stock of your household, you shall miss nothing. |
25 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ | 25 You shall know that your descendants are many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. |
26 תָּבֹוא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלֹות גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתֹּו | 26 You shall approach the grave in full vigor, as a shock of grain comes in at its season. |
27 הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא מָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃ פ | 27 Lo, this we have searched out; so it is! This we have heard, and you should know. |