Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 10

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 נָקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִי אֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי	1 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלֹוהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הֹודִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵנִי	2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so.
3 הֲטֹוב לְךָ ׀ כִּי־תַעֲשֹׁק כִּי־תִמְאַס יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ וְעַל־עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים הֹופָעְתָּ	3 Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?
4 הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאֹות אֱנֹושׁ תִּרְאֶה	4 Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou see as man seeth?
5 הֲכִימֵי אֱנֹושׁ יָמֶיךָ אִםשְׁ־נֹותֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָבֶר	5 Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men:
6 כִּי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֹנִי וּלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֹושׁ	6 That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
7 עַל־דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹא אֶרְשָׁע וְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּיל	7 And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand.
8 יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַתְּבַלְּעֵנִי	8 Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me wholly round about, and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden?
9 זְכָר־נָא כִּי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִי וְאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵנִי	9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust again.
10 הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי	10 Hast thou not milked me as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 עֹור וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּבַעֲצָמֹות וְגִידִים תְּסֹכְכֵנִי	11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh: thou hast put me together with bones and sinews:
12 חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָׁמְרָה רוּחִי	12 Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13 וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּךְ	13 Although thou conceal these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things.
14 אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֹנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי	14 If I have sinned and thou hast spared me for an hour: why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity?
15 אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלֹון וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי	15 And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.
16 וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִי וְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִי	16 And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning thou tormentest me wonderfully.
17 תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּי וְתֶרֶב כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי חֲלִיפֹות וְצָבָא עִמִּי	17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against me.
18 וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹא־תִרְאֵנִי	18 Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb: O that I had been consumed that eye might not see me!
19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶה מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָל	19 I should have been as if I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.
20 הֲלֹא־מְעַט יָמַי [יֶחְדָּל כ] (וַחֲדָל ק) [יָשִׁית כ] (וְשִׁית ק) מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָט	20 Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little:
21 בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת	21 Before I go, and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:
22 אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה ׀ כְּמֹו אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמֹו־אֹפֶל׃ פ	22 A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.