The Book of Job, Chapter 30איוב 30

וְעַתָּ֤ה שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר מָאַ֥סְתִּי אֲבוֹתָ֑ם לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי

But now younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

גַּם כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח

Yea, whereto the strength of their hands me, in whom old age was perished?

בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה

For want and famine solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots their meat.

מִן גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב

They were driven forth from among , (they cried after them as a thief;)

בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים

To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, caves of the earth, and the rocks.

בֵּין שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

בְּֽנֵי נָ֭בָל גַּם בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן הָאָֽרֶץ

children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

כִּֽי יתרו יִתְרִ֣י פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ

Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

עַל יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֪ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם

Upon right rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ

They came as a wide breaking in : in the desolation they rolled themselves .

הָהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי עֹֽנִי

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

בְּרָב כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי

By the great force is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר

He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי

I cry to you, and you dost not hear me: I stand up, and you regardest me .

תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי

You are become cruel to me: with your strong hand you opposest thyself against me.

תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי תשוה תּוּשִׁיָּֽה

You liftest me up to the wind; you causest me to ride , and dissolvest my substance.

כִּֽי יָ֭דַעְתִּי מָ֣וֶת תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי וּבֵ֖ית מוֹעֵ֣ד לְכָל חָֽי

For I know you will bring me death, and the house appointed for all living.

אַ֣ךְ לֹא בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח יָ֑ד אִם בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ

Howbeit he will not stretch out hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

אִם לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was my soul grieved for the poor?

כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל

When I looked for good, then evil came : and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי עֹֽנִי

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, I cried in the congregation.

אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי חֹֽרֶב

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים

My harp also is to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.