Iyov 14 – איוב יד – D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה

¹“Man, that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

²He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.

³And do You open Your eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with You?

⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with You, and You have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

⁶Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

⁸Though the root thereof waxes old in the earth, and the stock thereof dies in the ground;

⁹Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

¹⁰But man dies, and lies low; yes, man perishes, and where is he?

¹¹As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;

¹²So man lies down and rises not; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

¹³Oh that You would hide me in She’ol, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a decree, and remember me!

¹⁴If a man dies, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come.

¹⁵You would call, and I would answer You; You would have a desire to the work of Your hands.

¹⁶But now You number my steps, You do not even wait for my sin;

¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You heap up my iniquity.

¹⁸And surely the mountain falling crumbles away, and the rock is removed out of its place;

¹⁹The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof washes away the dust of the earth; so You destroy the hope of man.

²⁰You prevail forever against him, and he passes; You change his countenance, and send him away.

²¹His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he regards them not.

²²But his flesh grieves for him, and his soul mourns over him.”

^אאָדָם יְלוּד אִשָּׁה קְצַר יָמִים וּשְׂבַע רֹגֶז.

^בכְּצִיץ יָצָא וַיִּמָּל; וַיִּבְרַח כַּצֵּל וְלֹא יַעֲמוֹד.

^גאַף עַל זֶה פָּקַחְתָּ עֵינֶךָ; וְאֹתִי תָבִיא בְמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּךְ.

^דמִי יִתֵּן טָהוֹר מִטָּמֵא לֹא אֶחָד.

^האִם חֲרוּצִים יָמָיו מִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו אִתָּךְ: חֻקָּו עָשִׂיתָ וְלֹא יַעֲבֹר.

^ושְׁעֵה מֵעָלָיו וְיֶחְדָּל עַד יִרְצֶה כְּשָׂכִיר יוֹמוֹ.

^זכִּי יֵשׁ לָעֵץ תִּקְוָה: אִם יִכָּרֵת וְעוֹד יַחֲלִיף; וְיֹנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּל.

^חאִם יַזְקִין בָּאָרֶץ שָׁרְשׁוֹ; וּבֶעָפָר יָמוּת גִּזְעוֹ.

^טמֵרֵיחַ מַיִם יַפְרִחַ; וְעָשָׂה קָצִיר כְּמוֹ נָטַע.

^יוְגֶבֶר יָמוּת וַיֶּחֱלָשׁ; וַיִּגְוַע אָדָם וְאַיּוֹ.

^יאאָזְלוּ מַיִם מִנִּי יָם; וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ.

^יבוְאִישׁ שָׁכַב וְלֹא יָקוּם: עַד בִּלְתִּי שָׁמַיִם לֹא יָקִיצוּ; וְלֹא יֵעֹרוּ מִשְּׁנָתָם.

^יגמִי יִתֵּן בִּשְׁאוֹל תַּצְפִּנֵנִי תַּסְתִּירֵנִי עַד שׁוּב אַפֶּךָ; תָּשִׁית לִי חֹק וְתִזְכְּרֵנִי.

^ידאִם יָמוּת גֶּבֶר הֲיִחְיֶה: כָּל יְמֵי צְבָאִי אֲיַחֵל עַד בּוֹא חֲלִיפָתִי.

^טותִּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶךָּ; לְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ תִכְסֹף.

^טזכִּי עַתָּה צְעָדַי תִּסְפּוֹר; לֹא תִשְׁמֹר עַל חַטָּאתִי.

^יזחָתֻם בִּצְרוֹר פִּשְׁעִי; וַתִּטְפֹּל עַל עֲו‍ֹנִי.

^יחוְאוּלָם הַר נוֹפֵל יִבּוֹל; וְצוּר יֶעְתַּק מִמְּקֹמוֹ.

^יטאֲבָנִים שָׁחֲקוּ מַיִם תִּשְׁטֹף סְפִיחֶיהָ עֲפַר אָרֶץ; וְתִקְוַת אֱנוֹשׁ הֶאֱבַדְתָּ.

^כתִּתְקְפֵהוּ לָנֶצַח וַיַּהֲלֹךְ; מְשַׁנֶּה פָנָיו וַתְּשַׁלְּחֵהוּ.

^כאיִכְבְּדוּ בָנָיו וְלֹא יֵדָע; וְיִצְעֲרוּ וְלֹא יָבִין לָמוֹ.

^כבאַךְ בְּשָׂרוֹ עָלָיו יִכְאָב; וְנַפְשׁוֹ עָלָיו תֶּאֱבָל.