Job 30

ve'attah sakhaqu alay tse'irim mimmenni leyamim asher-ma'asti avotam lashit im-kalve tsoni

But now those younger than I deride me, Those whose fathers I would have disdained to put among my sheep dogs.

gam-koakh yedehem lammah li alemo avad kalakh

Of what use to me is the strength of their hands? All their vigor is gone.

bekheser uvekhafan galmud ha'oreqim tsiyyah emesh sho'ah umesho'ah

Wasted from want and starvation, They flee to a parched land, To the gloom of desolate wasteland.

haqqotefim malluakh ale-siakh veshoresh retamim lakhmam

They pluck saltwort and wormwood; The roots of broom are their food.

min-gev yegorashu yari'u alemo kaggannav

Driven out from society, They are cried at like a thief.

ba'aruts nekhalim lishkon khore afar vekhefim

They live in the gullies of wadis, In holes in the ground, and in rocks,

ben-sikhim yinhaqu takhat kharul yesuppakhu

Braying among the bushes, Huddling among the nettles,

bene-naval gam-bene veli-shem nikke'u min-ha'arets

Scoundrels, nobodies, Stricken from the earth.

ve'attah neginatam hayiti va'ehi lahem lemillah

Now I am the butt of their gibes; I have become a byword to them.

ti'avuni rakhaqu menni umippanay lo-khasekhu roq

They abhor me; they keep their distance from me; They do not withhold spittle from my face.

ki-[yitri] (ytrv) fittakh vaye'anneni veresen mippanay shillekhu

Because [God] has disarmed and humbled me, They have thrown off restraint in my presence.

al-yamin pirkhakh yaqumu raglay shillekhu vayyasollu alay orkhot edam

Mere striplings assail me at my right hand: They put me to flight; They build their roads for my ruin.

natesu netivati lehavvati yo'ilu lo ozer lamo

They tear up my path; They promote my fall, Although it does them no good.

keferets rakhav ye'etayu takhat sho'ah hitgalgalu

They come as through a wide breach; They roll in like raging billows.

hohpakh alay ballahot tirdof karuakh nedivati ukhe'av averah yeshu'ati

Terror tumbles upon me; It sweeps away my honor like the wind; My dignity vanishes like a cloud.

ve'attah alay tishtappekh nafshi yokhazuni yeme-oni

So now my life runs out; Days of misery have taken hold of me.

laylah atsamay niqqar me'alay ve'oreqay lo yishkavun

By night my bones feel gnawed; My sinews never rest.

berov-koakh yitkhappes levushi kefi khuttonti ya'azreni

With great effort I change clothing; The neck of my tunic fits my waist.

horani lakhomer va'etmashel ke'afar va'efer

[God] regarded me as clay, I have become like dust and ashes.

ashavva elekha velo ta'aneni amadti vattitbonen bi

I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I wait, but You do [not] consider me.

tehafekh le'akhzar li be'otsem yadekha tistemeni

You have become cruel to me; With Your powerful hand You harass me.

tissa'eni el-ruakh tarkiveni utemogegeni (tshvh) [tushiyyah]

You lift me up and mount me on the wind; You make my courage melt.

ki-yadati mavet teshiveni uvet mo'ed lekhol-khay

I know You will bring me to death, The house assigned for all the living.

akh lo-ve'i yishlakh-yad im-befido lahen shua

Surely [God] would not strike at a ruin If, in calamity, one cried out.

im-lo vakhiti liqsheh-yom agemah nafshi la'evyon

Did I not weep for the unfortunate? Did I not grieve for the needy?

ki tov qivviti vayyavo ra va'ayakhalah le'or vayyavo ofel

I looked forward to good fortune, but evil came; I hoped for light, but darkness came.

me'ay ruttekhu velo-dammu qiddemuni yeme-oni

My bowels are in turmoil without respite; Days of misery confront me.

qoder hillakhti belo khammah qamti vaqqahal ashavvea

I walk about in sunless gloom; I rise in the assembly and cry out.

akh hayiti letannim verea livnot ya'anah

I have become a brother to jackals, A companion to ostriches.

ori shakhar me'alay ve'atsmi-kharah minni-khorev

My skin, blackened, is peeling off me; My bones are charred by the heat.

vayehi le'evel kinnori ve'ugavi leqol bokhim

So my lyre is given over to mourning, My pipe, to accompany weepers.