Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 17

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1 רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִי	1 My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will left for me.
2 אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרֹותָם תָּלַן עֵינִי	2 I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.
3 שִׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵעַ	3 Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.
4 כִּי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵם	4 You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.
5 לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶנָה	5 He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.
6 וְהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶה	6 He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.
7 וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּם	7 My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.
8 יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָר	8 The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.
9 וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכֹּו וּטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹמֶץ	9 And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
10 וְאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָם	10 Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.
11 יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מֹורָשֵׁי לְבָבִי	11 My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.
12 לַיְלָה לְיֹום יָשִׂימוּ אֹור קָרֹוב מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ	12 They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness.
13 אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאֹול בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי	13 If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed.
14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה	14 I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”
15 וְאַיֵּה אֵפֹו תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה	15 Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?
16 בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָחַת׃ ס	16 Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?