The Book of Job, Chapter 10איוב 10

נָֽקְטָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה עָלַ֣י שִׂיחִ֑י אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

אֹמַ֣ר אֶל אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה תְּרִיבֵֽנִי

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore you contendest with me.

הֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨ כִּֽי תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ

good to you that you shouldest oppress, that you shouldest despise the work of your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

הַעֵינֵ֣י בָשָׂ֣ר לָ֑ךְ אִם כִּרְא֖וֹת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה

Hast you eyes of flesh? or seest you as man seeth?

הֲכִימֵ֣י אֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמֶ֑יךָ אִם שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣ימֵי גָֽבֶר

your days as the days of man? your years as man's days,

כִּֽי תְבַקֵּ֥שׁ לַעֲוֺנִ֑י וּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥י תִדְרֽוֹשׁ

That you enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

עַֽל דַּ֭עְתְּךָ כִּי לֹ֣א אֶרְשָׁ֑ע וְאֵ֖ין מִיָּדְךָ֣ מַצִּֽיל

You knowest that I am not wicked; and none that can deliver out of your hand.

יָדֶ֣יךָ עִ֭צְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי יַ֥חַד סָ֝בִ֗יב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי

Your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet you dost destroy me.

זְכָר נָ֭א כִּי כַחֹ֣מֶר עֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי וְֽאֶל עָפָ֥ר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי

Remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?

הֲלֹ֣א כֶ֭חָלָב תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי

Hast you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

ע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי

You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews.

חַיִּ֣ים וָ֭חֶסֶד עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝פְקֻדָּתְךָ֗ שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה רוּחִֽי

You have granted me life and favour, and your visitation has preserved my spirit.

וְ֭אֵלֶּה צָפַ֣נְתָּ בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי זֹ֥את עִמָּֽךְ

And these have you hid in your heart: I know that this with you.

אִם חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֺנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי

If I sin, then you markest me, and you will not acquit me from mine iniquity.

אִם רָשַׁ֡עְתִּי אַלְלַ֬י לִ֗י וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן וּרְאֵ֥ה עָנְיִֽי

If I be wicked, woe to me; and I be righteous, will I not lift up my head. full of confusion; therefore see you mine affliction;

וְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא בִֽי

For it increaseth. You huntest me as a fierce lion: and again you shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְתֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִ֑י חֲלִיפ֖וֹת וְצָבָ֣א עִמִּֽי

You renewest your witnesses against me, and increasest your indignation upon me; changes and war against me.

וְלָ֣מָּה מֵ֭רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע וְעַ֣יִן לֹא תִרְאֵֽנִי

Wherefore then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא הָיִ֣יתִי אֶהְיֶ֑ה מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן לַקֶּ֥בֶר אוּבָֽל

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

הֲלֹא מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י יחדל וַחֲדָ֑ל ישית וְשִׁ֥ית מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט

not my days few? cease let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

בְּטֶ֣רֶם אֵ֭לֵךְ וְלֹ֣א אָשׁ֑וּב אֶל אֶ֖רֶץ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת

Before I go I shall not return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

אֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָה כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ אֹֽפֶל

A land of darkness, as darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light as darkness.