| 1 קְרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עֹונֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶה | 1 "Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? |
| 2 כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה | 2 Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. |
| 3 אֲנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקֹּוב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם | 3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. |
| 4 יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל | 4 His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. |
| 5 אֲשֶׁר קְצִירֹו ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָם | 5 His harvest the hungry eat, and he takes it even out of thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth. |
| 6 כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָל | 6 For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground; |
| 7 כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף | 7 but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. |
| 8 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי | 8 "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause; |
| 9 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר | 9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: |
| 10 הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֹות | 10 he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields; |
| 11 לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרֹום וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶשַׁע | 11 he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. |
| 12 מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבֹות עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה | 12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. |
| 13 לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה | 13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. |
| 14 יֹומָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם | 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night. |
| 15 וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֹון | 15 But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty. |
| 16 וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ | 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. |
| 17 הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנֹושׁ יֹוכִחֶנּוּ אֱלֹוהַּ וּמוּסַר דַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס | 17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. |
| 18 כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ [וְיָדֹו כ] (וְיָדָיו ק) תִּרְפֶּינָה | 18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal. |
| 19 בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרֹות יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע | 19 He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you. |
| 20 בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב | 20 In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. |
| 21 בְּשֹׁוט לָשֹׁון תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֹוא | 21 You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. |
| 22 לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא | 22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. |
| 23 כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ | 23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. |
| 24 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלֹום אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא | 24 You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. |
| 25 וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ | 25 You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. |
| 26 תָּבֹוא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלֹות גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתֹּו | 26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season. |
| 27 הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא מָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃ פ | 27 Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good." |
