Job 14

adam yelud isha qetsar yamim useva-rogez

Humankind, born of woman, is short-lived and sated with trouble,

ketsits yatsa vayyimmal vayyivrakh katsel velo ya'amod

Blossoms like a flower and withers, Vanishes like a shadow and does not endure.

af-al-zeh paqakhta enekha ve'oti tavi vemishpat immakh

Do You fix Your gaze on such a one? Will You go to law with me?

mi-yitten tahor mittame lo ekhad

Who can produce a pure thing out of an impure one? No one!

im-kharutsim yamayw mispar-khodashayw ittakh khuqqav asita velo ya'avor

Their days are determined; You know the number of months; You have set them limits that they cannot pass.

she'eh me'alayw veyekhdal ad-yirtseh kesakhir yomo

Turn away from them, that they may be at ease Until, like a hireling, they finish out their day.

ki yesh la'ets tiqvah im-yikkaret ve'od yakhalif veyonaqto lo tekhdal

There is hope for a tree; If it is cut down it will renew itself; Its shoots will not cease.

im-yazqin ba'arets shorsho uve'afar yamut gizo

If its roots are old in the earth, And its stump dies in the ground,

mereakh mayim yafriakh ve'asah qatsir kemo-nata

At the scent of water it will bud And produce branches like a sapling.

vegever yamut vayyekhelash vayyigva adam ve'ayyo

But people languish and die; Humans expire; where are they?

azelu-mayim minni-yam venahar yekherav veyavesh

The waters of the sea fail, And the river dries up and is parched.

ve'ish shakhav velo-yaqum ad-bilti shamayim lo yaqitsu velo-ye'oru mishenatam

So each of us lies down never to rise— And will awake only when the heavens are no more, Only then be aroused from sleep.

mi yitten bishol tatspineni tastireni ad-shuv appekha tashit-li khoq vetizkereni

O that You would hide me in Sheol, Conceal me until Your anger passes, Set me a fixed time to attend to me.

im-yamut gever hayikhyeh kol-yeme tseva'i ayakhel ad-bo khalifati

Can someone who dies live again? All the time of my service I wait Until my replacement comes.

tiqra ve'anokhi e'enekka lema'aseh yadekha tikhsof

You would call and I would answer You; You would set Your heart on Your handiwork.

ki-attah tse'aday tispor lo-tishmor al-khattati

Then You would not count my steps, Or keep watch over my sin.

khatum bitsror pishi vattitpol al-avoni

My transgression would be sealed up in a pouch; You would coat over my iniquity.

ve'ulam har-nofel yibbol vetsur yetaq mimmeqomo

Mountains collapse and crumble; Rocks are dislodged from their place.

avanim shakhaqu mayim tishtof-sefikheha afar-arets vetiqvat enosh he'evadta

Water wears away stone; Torrents wash away earth; So you destroy a mortal’s hope,

titqefehu lanetsakh vayyahalokh meshanneh fanayw vatteshallekhehu

You overpower him forever and he perishes; You alter his visage and dispatch him.

yikhbedu vanayw velo yeda veyitsaru velo-yavin lamo

His children attain honor and he does not know it; They are humbled and he is not aware of it.

akh-besaro alayw yikhav venafsho alayw te'eval

He feels only the pain of his flesh, And his spirit mourns in him.