Obadiah (עובדיה) - Abdia 3

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֹו	1 ALEPH. I am a man watching my own poverty by the rod of his indignation.
2 אֹותִי נָהַג וַיֹּלַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹור	2 ALEPH. He has driven me and led me into darkness, and not into light.
3 אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֹךְ יָדֹו כָּל־הַיֹּום׃ ס	3 ALEPH. Against me only, he has turned and turned again his hand, all day long.
4 בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעֹורִי שִׁבַּר עַצְמֹותָי	4 BETH. My skin and my flesh, he has made old; he has crushed my bones.
5 בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָה	5 BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship.
6 בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הֹושִׁיבַנִי כְּמֵתֵי עֹולָם׃ ס	6 BETH. He has gathered me into darkness, like those who are forever dead.
7 גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחָשְׁתִּי	7 GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.
8 גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשַׁוֵּעַ שָׂתַם תְּפִלָּתִי	8 GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer.
9 גָּדַר דְּרָכַי בְּגָזִית נְתִיבֹתַי עִוָּה׃ ס	9 GHIMEL. He has enclosed my ways with square stones; he has subverted my paths.
10 דֹּב אֹרֵב הוּא לִי [אַרְיֵה כ] (אֲרִי ק) בְּמִסְתָּרִים	10 DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.
11 דְּרָכַי סֹורֵר וַיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי שָׂמַנִי שֹׁמֵם	11 DALETH. He has subverted my paths, and he has broken me. He has placed me in desolation.
12 דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתֹּו וַיַּצִּיבֵנִי כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ׃ ס	12 DALETH. He has bent his bow, and he has positioned me like a target for his arrows.
13 הֵבִיא בְּכִלְיֹותָי בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתֹו	13 HE. He has shot into my kidneys the daughters of his quiver.
14 הָיִיתִי שְּׂחֹק לְכָל־עַמִּי נְגִינָתָם כָּל־הַיֹּום	14 HE. I have become a derision to all my people, their song throughout the day.
15 הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרֹורִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָה׃ ס	15 HE. He has filled me with bitterness; he has inebriated me with wormwood.
16 וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנָּי הִכְפִּישַׁנִי בָּאֵפֶר	16 VAU. And he has broken each one of my teeth; he has fed me with ashes.
17 וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלֹום נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טֹובָה	17 VAU. And my soul has been driven away from peace; I have forgotten what is good.
18 וָאֹמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי וְתֹוחַלְתִּי מֵיְהוָה׃ ס	18 VAU. And I said, “My end and my hope from the Lord has perished.”
19 זְכָר־עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי לַעֲנָה וָרֹאשׁ	19 ZAIN. Remember my poverty and my transgression, the wormwood and the gall.
20 זָכֹור תִּזְכֹּור [וְתָשִׁיחַ כ] (וְתָשֹׁוחַ ק) עָלַי נַפְשִׁי	20 ZAIN. I will call to mind the past, and my soul shall languish within me.
21 זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל־לִבִּי עַל־כֵּן אֹוחִיל׃ ס	21 ZAIN. These recollections are in my heart; therefore, I shall hope.
22 חַסְדֵי יְהוָה כִּי לֹא־תָמְנוּ כִּי לֹא־כָלוּ רַחֲמָיו	22 HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away.
23 חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ	23 HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness.
24 חֶלְקִי יְהוָה אָמְרָה נַפְשִׁי עַל־כֵּן אֹוחִיל לֹו׃ ס	24 HETH. “The Lord is my portion,” said my soul. Because of this, I will wait for him.
25 טֹוב יְהוָה לְקֹוָו לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶׁנּוּ	25 TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
26 טֹוב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לִתְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה	26 TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.
27 טֹוב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי־יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָיו׃ ס	27 TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.
28 יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָיו	28 JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.
29 יִתֵּן בֶּעָפָר פִּיהוּ אוּלַי יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה	29 JOD. He shall place his mouth in the dirt, if perhaps there may be hope.
30 יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּה׃ ס	30 JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.
31 כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעֹולָם אֲדֹנָי	31 CAPH. For the Lord will not rebuke forever.
32 כִּי אִם־הֹוגָה וְרִחַם כְּרֹב [חַסְדֹּו כ] (חֲסָדָיו׃ ק)	32 CAPH. For, if he has cast down, he will also have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 כִּי לֹא עִנָּה מִלִּבֹּו וַיַּגֶּה בְּנֵי־אִישׁ׃ ס	33 CAPH. For he has not humiliated from his heart, nor has he thrown aside the sons of men,
34 לְדַכֵּא תַּחַת רַגְלָיו כֹּל אֲסִירֵי אָרֶץ	34 LAMED. as if to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
35 לְהַטֹּות מִשְׁפַּט־גָּבֶר נֶגֶד פְּנֵי עֶלְיֹון	35 LAMED. as if to turn aside the judgment of a man in the sight of the presence of the Most High,
36 לְעַוֵּת אָדָם בְּרִיבֹו אֲדֹנָי לֹא רָאָה׃ ס	36 LAMED. as if to pervert a man in his judgment: the Lord does not do this.
37 מִי זֶה אָמַר וַתֶּהִי אֲדֹנָי לֹא צִוָּה	37 MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?
38 מִפִּי עֶלְיֹון לֹא תֵצֵא הָרָעֹות וְהַטֹּוב	38 MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
39 מַה־יִּתְאֹונֵן אָדָם חָי גֶּבֶר עַל־ [חֶטְאֹו כ] (חֲטָאָיו׃ ק) ס	39 MEM. Why has a living man murmured, a man suffering for his sins?
40 נַחְפְּשָׂה דְרָכֵינוּ וְנַחְקֹרָה וְנָשׁוּבָה עַד־יְהוָה	40 NUN. Let us examine our ways, and seek out, and return to the Lord.
41 נִשָּׂא לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל־כַּפָּיִם אֶל־אֵל בַּשָּׁמָיִם	41 NUN. Let us lift up our hearts, with our hands, toward the Lord in the heavens.
42 נַחְנוּ פָשַׁעְנוּ וּמָרִינוּ אַתָּה לֹא סָלָחְתָּ׃ ס	42 NUN. We have acted sinfully, and we have provoked to wrath. About this, you are relentless.
43 סַכֹּתָה בָאַף וַתִּרְדְּפֵנוּ הָרַגְתָּ לֹא חָמָלְתָּ	43 SAMECH. You have covered us in your fury, and you have struck us. You have killed, and have not spared.
44 סַכֹּותָה בֶעָנָן לָךְ מֵעֲבֹור תְּפִלָּה	44 SAMECH. You have set a cloud opposite you, lest our prayer pass through.
45 סְחִי וּמָאֹוס תְּשִׂימֵנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הָעַמִּים׃ ס	45 SAMECH. In the midst of the peoples, you have uprooted me and cast me out.
46 פָּצוּ עָלֵינוּ פִּיהֶם כָּל־אֹיְבֵינוּ	46 PHE. All our enemies have opened their mouths over us.
47 פַּחַד וָפַחַת הָיָה לָנוּ הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּׁבֶר	47 PHE. Prediction has become for us a dread, and a snare, and a grief.
48 פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם תֵּרַד עֵינִי עַל־שֶׁבֶר בַּת־עַמִּי׃ ס	48 PHE. My eye has brought forth streams of water at the contrition of the daughter of my people.
49 עֵינִי נִגְּרָה וְלֹא תִדְמֶה מֵאֵין הֲפֻגֹות	49 AIN. My eye has been afflicted, and it has not been quieted, because there would be no rest
50 עַד־יַשְׁקִיף וְיֵרֶא יְהוָה מִשָּׁמָיִם	50 AIN. until the Lord looked down and saw from the heavens.
51 עֵינִי עֹולְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי מִכֹּל בְּנֹות עִירִי׃ ס	51 AIN. My eye has exhausted my soul over every one of the daughters of my city.
52 צֹוד צָדוּנִי כַּצִּפֹּור אֹיְבַי חִנָּם	52 SADE. My enemies have chased me, and they have caught me like a bird, without reason.
53 צָמְתוּ בַבֹּור חַיָּי וַיַּדּוּ־אֶבֶן בִּי	53 SADE. My life has fallen into a pit, and they have placed a stone over me.
54 צָפוּ־מַיִם עַל־רֹאשִׁי אָמַרְתִּי נִגְזָרְתִּי׃ ס	54 SADE. The waters have flooded over my head. I said, “I am lost.”
55 קָרָאתִי שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה מִבֹּור תַּחְתִּיֹּות	55 COPH. I called upon your name, O Lord, from the furthest pit.
56 קֹולִי שָׁמָעְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵם אָזְנְךָ לְרַוְחָתִי לְשַׁוְעָתִי	56 COPH. You have heard my voice. Do not turn away your ear from my sobbing and my cries.
57 קָרַבְתָּ בְּיֹום אֶקְרָאֶךָּ אָמַרְתָּ אַל־תִּירָא׃ ס	57 COPH. You drew near in the daytime, when I called upon you. You said, “Fear not.”
58 רַבְתָּ אֲדֹנָי רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי גָּאַלְתָּ חַיָּי	58 RES. You have judged, O Lord, the case of my soul. You are the Redeemer of my life.
59 רָאִיתָה יְהוָה עַוָּתָתִי שָׁפְטָה מִשְׁפָּטִי	59 RES. You have seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me. Judge my case.
60 רָאִיתָה כָּל־נִקְמָתָם כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לִי׃ ס	60 RES. You have seen all their fury, every one of their thoughts is against me.
61 שָׁמַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם יְהוָה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם עָלָי	61 SIN. You have heard their reproach, O Lord, all their thoughts are against me.
62 שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיֹונָם עָלַי כָּל־הַיֹּום	62 SIN. The lips of those who rise up against me, and their meditations, are against me all day long.
63 שִׁבְתָּם וְקִימָתָם הַבִּיטָה אֲנִי מַנְגִּינָתָם׃ ס	63 SIN. Watch their sitting down and their rising up: I am their psalm.
64 תָּשִׁיב לָהֶם גְּמוּל יְהוָה כְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶם	64 THAU. You shall pay a recompense to them, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
65 תִּתֵּן לָהֶם מְגִנַּת־לֵב תַּאֲלָתְךָ לָהֶם	65 THAU. You shall give them a heavy shield of the heart: your hardship.
66 תִּרְדֹּף בְּאַף וְתַשְׁמִידֵם מִתַּחַת שְׁמֵי יְהוָה׃ פ	66 THAU. You shall pursue them in fury, and you shall destroy them under the heavens, O Lord.