Job 5

qera-na hayesh onekka ve'el-mi miqqedoshim tifneh

Call now! Will anyone answer you? To whom among the holy beings will you turn?

ki-le'evil yaharog-ka'as ufoteh tamit qinah

Vexation kills the fool; Passion slays the simpleton.

ani-ra'iti evil mashrish va'eqqov navehu fitom

I myself saw a fool who had struck roots; Impulsively, I cursed his home:

yirkhaqu vanayw miyyesha veyiddakke'u vasha'ar ve'en matsil

May his children be far from success; May they be oppressed in the gate with none to deliver them;

asher qetsiro ra'ev yokhel ve'el-mitsinnim yiqqakhehu vesha'af tsammim khelam

May the hungry devour his harvest, Carrying it off in baskets; May the thirsty swallow their wealth.

ki lo-yetse me'afar aven ume'adamah lo-yitsmakh amal

Evil does not grow out of the soil, Nor does mischief spring from the ground;

ki-adam le'amal yullad uvene-reshef yagbihu uf

For people are born to [do] mischief, Just as sparks fly upward.

ulam ani edrosh el-el ve'el-elohim asim divrati

But I would resort to God; I would lay my case before God,

oseh gedolot ve'en kheqer nifla'ot ad-en mispar

Who performs great deeds that cannot be fathomed, Wondrous things without number;

hannoten matar al-pene-arets vesholeakh mayim al-pene khutsot

Who gives rain to the earth, And sends water over the fields;

lasum shefalim lemarom veqoderim sagevu yesha

Who raises the lowly up high, So that the dejected are secure in victory;

mefer makhshevot arumim velo-ta'asenah yedehem tushiyyah

Who thwarts the designs of the crafty, So that their hands cannot gain success;

lokhed khakhamim be'ormam va'atsat niftalim nimharah

Who traps the clever in their own wiles; The plans of the crafty go awry.

yomam yefaggeshu-khoshekh vekhallaylah yemashshu vatsohorayim

By day they encounter darkness, At noon they grope as in the night.

vayyosha mekherev mippihem umiyyad khazaq evyon

But [God] saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, From the clutches of the strong.

vattehi laddal tiqvah ve'olatah qafetsah piha

So there is hope for the wretched; The mouth of wrongdoing is stopped.

hinneh ashre enosh yokhikhennu eloah umusar shadday al-timas

See how happy is the person whom God reproves; Do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

ki hu yakhiv veyekhbash yimkhats veyadav tirpenah

[God] injures, but also binds up; God’s hands wound, but also heal.

beshesh tsarot yatsilekka uvesheva lo-yigga bekha ra

You will be delivered from six troubles; In seven no harm will reach you:

bera'av padekha mimmavet uvemilkhamah mide kharev

In famine you will be redeemed from death, In war, from the sword.

beshot lashon tekhave velo-tira mishod ki yavo

You will be sheltered from the scourging tongue; You will have no fear when violence comes.

leshod ulekhafan tiskhaq umekhayyat ha'arets al-tira

You will laugh at violence and starvation, And have no fear of wild beasts.

ki im-avne hassadeh veritekha vekhayyat hassadeh hoshlemah-llakh

For you will have a pact with the rocks in the field, And the beasts of the field will be your allies.

veyadata ki-shalom oholekha ufaqadta navekha velo tekheta

You will know that all is well in your tent; When you visit your wife you will never fail.

veyadata ki-rav zarekha vetse'etsa'ekha ke'esev ha'arets

You will see that your offspring are many, Your descendants like the grass of the earth.

tavo vekhelakh ele-qaver ka'alot gadish be'itto

You will come to the grave in ripe old age, As shocks of grain are taken away in their season.

hinneh-zot khaqarnuha ken-hi shema'ennah ve'attah da-lakh

See, we have inquired into this and it is so; Hear it and accept it.