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א
הֲלֹא-צָבָא לֶאֱנוֹשׁ על- (עֲלֵי-) אָרֶץ; וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָיו.
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1
Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
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ב
כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף-צֵל; וּכְשָׂכִיר, יְקַוֶּה פָעֳלוֹ.
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2
As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
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ג
כֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי, יַרְחֵי-שָׁוְא; וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל, מִנּוּ-לִי.
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3
So am I made to possess--months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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ד
אִם-שָׁכַבְתִּי-- וְאָמַרְתִּי, מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד-עָרֶב;
וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי-נָשֶׁף.
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4
When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long,
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and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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ה
לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה, ו
ג
יש (וְ
ג
וּשׁ) עָפָר; עוֹרִי רָגַע, וַיִּמָּאֵס.
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5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
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ו
יָמַי קַלּוּ, מִנִּי-אָרֶג; וַיִּכְלוּ, בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָה.
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6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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ז
זְכֹר, כִּי-רוּחַ חַיָּי; לֹא-תָשׁוּב עֵינִי, לִרְאוֹת טוֹב.
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7
O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.
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ח
לֹא-תְשׁוּרֵנִי, עֵין רֹאִי; עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶנִּי.
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8
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.
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ט
כָּלָה עָנָן, וַיֵּלַךְ; כֵּן יוֹרֵד שְׁאוֹל, לֹא יַעֲלֶה.
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9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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י
לֹא-יָשׁוּב עוֹד לְבֵיתוֹ; וְלֹא-יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקֹמוֹ.
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10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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יא
גַּם-אֲנִי, לֹא אֶחֱשָׂךְ-פִּי:
אֲדַבְּרָה, בְּצַר רוּחִי; אָשִׂיחָה, בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי.
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11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth;
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I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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יב
הֲיָם-אָנִי, אִם-תַּנִּין: כִּי-תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָר.
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12
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?
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יג
כִּי-אָמַרְתִּי, תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂי; יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי, מִשְׁכָּבִי.
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13
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
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יד
וְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמוֹת; וּמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת תְּבַעֲתַנִּי.
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14
Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
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טו
וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי; מָוֶת, מֵעַצְמוֹתָי.
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15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.
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טז
מָאַסְתִּי, לֹא-לְעֹלָם אֶחְיֶה; חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי, כִּי-הֶבֶל יָמָי.
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16
I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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יז
מָה-אֱנוֹשׁ, כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ; וְכִי-תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּךָ.
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17
What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,
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יח
וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִים; לִרְגָעִים, תִּבְחָנֶנּוּ.
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18
And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?
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יט
כַּמָּה, לֹא-תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי; לֹא-תַרְפֵּנִי, עַד-בִּלְעִי רֻקִּי.
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19
How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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כ
חָטָאתִי, מָה אֶפְעַל לָךְ-- נֹצֵר הָאָדָם:
לָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ; וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּׂא.
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20
If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men?
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Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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כא
וּמֶה, לֹא-תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי-- וְתַעֲבִיר אֶת-עֲונִי:
כִּי-עַתָּה, לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּב; וְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶנִּי.
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21
And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?
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For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
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