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א וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב, וַיֹּאמַר.
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1 {S} Then Job answered and said:
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ב עַד-אָנָה, תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי; וּתְדַכּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּים.
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2 How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
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ג זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים, תַּכְלִימוּנִי; לֹא-תֵבֹשׁוּ, תַּהְכְּרוּ-לִי.
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3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
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ד וְאַף-אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי; אִתִּי, תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִי.
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4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
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ה אִם-אָמְנָם, עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ; וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי, חֶרְפָּתִי.
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5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
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ו דְּעוּ-אֵפוֹ, כִּי-אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי; וּמְצוּדוֹ, עָלַי הִקִּיף.
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6 Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
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ז הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס, וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה; אֲשַׁוַּע, וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט.
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7 Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
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ח אָרְחִי גָדַר, וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר; וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי, חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִׂים.
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8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
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ט כְּבוֹדִי, מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט; וַיָּסַר, עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי.
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9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
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י יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב, וָאֵלַךְ; וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ, תִּקְוָתִי.
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10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
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יא וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ; וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָיו.
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11 He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
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יב יַחַד, יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו--וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם; וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִי.
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12 His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
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יג אַחַי, מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק; וְיֹדְעַי, אַךְ-זָרוּ מִמֶּנִּי.
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13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
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יד חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי; וּמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחוּנִי.
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14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
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טו גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי, לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי; נָכְרִי, הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶם.
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15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
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טז לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי, וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה; בְּמוֹ-פִי, אֶתְחַנֶּן-לוֹ.
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16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
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יז רוּחִי, זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי; וְחַנֹּתִי, לִבְנֵי בִטְנִי.
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17 My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
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יח גַּם-עֲוִילִים, מָאֲסוּ בִי; אָקוּמָה, וַיְדַבְּרוּ-בִי.
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18 Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
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יט תִּעֲבוּנִי, כָּל-מְתֵי סוֹדִי; וְזֶה-אָהַבְתִּי, נֶהְפְּכוּ-בִי.
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19 All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
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כ בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי, דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי; וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה, בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּי.
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20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
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כא חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי: כִּי יַד-אֱלוֹהַּ, נָגְעָה בִּי.
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21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
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כב לָמָּה, תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ-אֵל; וּמִבְּשָׂרִי, לֹא תִשְׂבָּעוּ.
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22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
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כג מִי-יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ, וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי: מִי-יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָקוּ.
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23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
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כד בְּעֵט-בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת-- לָעַד, בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבוּן.
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24 That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
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כה וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי, גֹּאֲלִי חָי; וְאַחֲרוֹן, עַל-עָפָר יָקוּם.
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25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
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כו וְאַחַר עוֹרִי, נִקְּפוּ-זֹאת; וּמִבְּשָׂרִי, אֶחֱזֶה אֱלוֹהַּ.
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26 And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
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כז אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי, אֶחֱזֶה-לִּי--וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא-זָר: כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי.
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27 Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
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כח כִּי תֹאמְרוּ, מַה-נִּרְדָּף-לוֹ; וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר, נִמְצָא-בִי.
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28 If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
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כט גּוּרוּ לָכֶם, מִפְּנֵי-חֶרֶב--כִּי-חֵמָה, עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב: לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שדין שַׁדּוּן.
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29 Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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