Iyov 7 – איוב ז

¹“Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

²As a servant that eagerly longs for the shadow, and as a hireling that looks for his wages;

³So am I made to possess; moons of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro, unto the dawning of the day.

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closes up and breaks out afresh.

⁶My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

⁷O remember that my life is a breath; my eye shall no more see good.

⁸The eye of him that sees me shall behold me no more; while Your eyes are upon me, I am gone.

⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

¹¹Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹²Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that You set a watch over me?

¹³When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint’;

¹⁴Then You scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions;

¹⁵So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than these my bones.

¹⁶I loathe it; I shall not live always; let me alone; for my days are vanity.

¹⁷What is man, that You should magnify him, and that You should set Your heart upon him,

¹⁸And that You should remember him every morning, and try him every moment?

¹⁹How long will You not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

²⁰If I have sinned, what do I do unto You, O You watcher of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself?

²¹And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and You will seek me, but I shall not be.”

^אהֲלֹא צָבָא לֶאֱנוֹשׁ על (עֲלֵי) אָרֶץ; וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָיו.

^בכְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף צֵל; וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פָעֳלוֹ.

^גכֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי שָׁוְא; וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ לִי.

^דאִם שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד עָרֶב; וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי נָשֶׁף.

^הלָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה וגיש (וְגוּשׁ) עָפָר; עוֹרִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵס.

^ויָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי אָרֶג; וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָה.

^זזְכֹר כִּי רוּחַ חַיָּי; לֹא תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טוֹב.

^חלֹא תְשׁוּרֵנִי עֵין רֹאִי; עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶנִּי.

^טכָּלָה עָנָן וַיֵּלַךְ; כֵּן יוֹרֵד שְׁאוֹל לֹא יַעֲלֶה.

^ילֹא יָשׁוּב עוֹד לְבֵיתוֹ; וְלֹא יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקֹמוֹ.

^יאגַּם אֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱשָׂךְ פִּי: אֲדַבְּרָה בְּצַר רוּחִי; אָשִׂיחָה בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי.

^יבהֲיָם אָנִי אִם תַּנִּין: כִּי תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָר.

^יגכִּי אָמַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂי; יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִי.

^ידוְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמוֹת; וּמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת תְּבַעֲתַנִּי.

^טווַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי; מָוֶת מֵעַצְמוֹתָי.

^טזמָאַסְתִּי לֹא לְעֹלָם אֶחְיֶה; חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי הֶבֶל יָמָי.

^יזמָה אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ; וְכִי תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּךָ.

^יחוַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִים; לִרְגָעִים תִּבְחָנֶנּוּ.

^יטכַּמָּה לֹא תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי; לֹא תַרְפֵּנִי עַד בִּלְעִי רֻקִּי.

^כחָטָאתִי מָה אֶפְעַל לָךְ נֹצֵר הָאָדָם: לָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ; וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּׂא.

^כאוּמֶה לֹא תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי וְתַעֲבִיר אֶת עֲו‍ֹנִי: כִּי עַתָּה לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּב; וְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶנִּי.

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