Job 6

vayya'an iyyov vayyomar

Then Job said in reply:

lu shaqol yishaqel kasi (vhyty) [vehavvati] bemozenayim yisu-yakhad

If my anguish were weighed, My full calamity laid on the scales,

ki-attah mekhol yammim yikhbad al-ken devaray la'u

It would be heavier than the sand of the sea; That is why I spoke recklessly.

ki khitse shadday immadi asher khamatam shotah rukhi bi'ute eloah ya'arkhuni

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; My spirit absorbs their poison; God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

hayinhaq-pere ale-deshe im yigeh-shor al-belilo

Does a wild ass bray when it has grass? Does a bull bellow over its fodder?

haye'akhel tafel mibbeli-melakh im-yesh-ta'am berir khallamut

Can what is tasteless be eaten without salt? Does mallow juice have any flavor?

me'anah lingoa nafshi hemmah kidve lakhmi

I refuse to touch them; They are like food when I am sick.

mi-yitten tavo she'elati vetiqvati yitten eloah

Would that my request were granted, That God gave me what I wished for;

veyo'el eloah vidakke'eni yatter yado vivatse'eni

Would that God consented to crush me, Loosed a divine hand and cut me off.

utehi-od nekhamati va'asalledah vekhilah lo yakhmol ki-lo khikhadti imre qadosh

Then this would be my consolation, As I writhed in unsparing pains: That I did not suppress my words against the Holy One.

mah-kkokhi khi-ayakhel umah-qqitsi ki-a'arikh nafshi

What strength have I, that I should endure? How long have I to live, that I should be patient?

im-koakh avanim kokhi im-besari nakhush

Is my strength the strength of rock? Is my flesh bronze?

ha'im en ezrati vi vetushiyyah niddekhah mimmenni

Truly, I cannot help myself; I have been deprived of resourcefulness.

lammas mere'ehu khased veyirat shadday ya'azov

A friend owes loyalty to one who fails, Though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty;

akhay bagedu khemo-nakhal ka'afiq nekhalim ya'avoru

My comrades are fickle, like a wadi, Like a bed on which streams once ran.

haqqoderim minni-qarakh alemo yitallem-shaleg

They are dark with ice; Snow obscures them;

be'et yezorevu nitsmatu bekhummo nidakhu mimmeqomam

But when they thaw, they vanish; In the heat, they disappear where they are.

yillafetu orkhot darkam ya'alu vattohu veyovedu

Their course twists and turns; They run into the desert and perish.

hibbitu orkhot tema halikhot sheva qivvu-lamo

Caravans from Tema look to them; Processions from Sheba count on them.

boshu khi-vatakh ba'u adeha vayyekhparu

They are disappointed in their hopes; When they reach the place, they stand aghast.

ki-attah heyitem lo tiru khatat vattira'u

So you are as nothing: At the sight of misfortune, you take fright.

hakhi-amarti havu li umikkokhakhem shikhadu va'adi

Did I say to you, “I need your gift; Pay a bribe for me out of your wealth;

umalletuni miyyad-tsar umiyyad aritsim tifduni

Deliver me from the clutches of my enemy; Redeem me from the violent”?

horuni va'ani akharish umah-shagiti havinu li

Teach me; I shall be silent; Tell me where I am wrong.

mah-nnimretsu imre-yosher umah-yyokhiakh hokheakh mikkem

How trenchant honest words are; But what sort of reproof comes from you?

halehokhakh millim takhshovu uleruakh imre no'ash

Do you devise words of reproof, But count the words of someone hopeless as wind?

af-al-yatom tappilu vetikhru al-re'akhem

You would even cast lots over an orphan, Or barter away your friend.

ve'attah ho'ilu fenu-vi ve'al-penekhem im-akhazzev

Now be so good as to face me; I will not lie to your face.

shuvu-na al-tehi avlah (vshvy) [veshuvu] od tsidqi-vah

Relent! Let there not be injustice; Relent! I am still in the right.

hayesh-bilshoni avlah im-khikki lo-yavin havvot

Is injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern evil?