א
וְעַתָּה, שָׂחֲקוּ עָלַי-- צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי, לְיָמִים:
אֲשֶׁר-מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם-- לָשִׁית, עִם-כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִי.
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1
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision,
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whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
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ב
גַּם-כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם, לָמָּה לִּי; עָלֵימוֹ, אָבַד כָּלַח.
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2
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.
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ג
בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן, גַּלְמוּד: הַעֹרְקִים צִיָּה--אֶמֶשׁ, שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה.
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3
They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
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ד
הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי-שִׂיחַ; וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם.
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4
They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.
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ה
מִן-גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ; יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ, כַּגַּנָּב.
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5
They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.
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ו
בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן; חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִים.
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6
In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
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ז
בֵּין-שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ; תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּחוּ.
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7
Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.
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ח
בְּנֵי-נָבָל, גַּם-בְּנֵי בְלִי-שֵׁם-- נִכְּאוּ, מִן-הָאָרֶץ.
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8
They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.
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ט
וְעַתָּה, נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי; וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּה.
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9
And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.
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י
תִּעֲבוּנִי, רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי; וּמִפָּנַי, לֹא-חָשְׂכוּ רֹק.
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10
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
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יא
כִּי-יתרו (יִתְרִי) פִתַּח, וַיְעַנֵּנִי; וְרֶסֶן, מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּחוּ.
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11
For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
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יב
עַל-יָמִין, פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ: רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ; וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי, אָרְחוֹת אֵידָם.
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12
Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
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יג
נָתְסוּ, נְתִיבָתִי: לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ; לֹא עֹזֵר לָמוֹ.
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13
They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.
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יד
כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ; תַּחַת שֹׁאָה, הִתְגַּלְגָּלוּ.
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14
As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.
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טו
הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי, בַּלָּהוֹת:
תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ, נְדִבָתִי; וּכְעָב, עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִי.
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15
Terrors are turned upon me,
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they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
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טז
וְעַתָּה--עָלַי, תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי; יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי-עֹנִי.
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And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
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יז
לַיְלָה--עֲצָמַי, נִקַּר מֵעָלָי; וְעֹרְקַי, לֹא יִשְׁכָּבוּן.
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In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.
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יח
בְּרָב-כֹּחַ, יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי; כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי.
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18
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
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יט
הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר; וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל, כֶּעָפָר וָאֵפֶר.
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19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
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כ
אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ, וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי; עָמַדְתִּי, וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּי.
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I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
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כא
תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי; בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵנִי.
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21
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.
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כב
תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל-רוּחַ, תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי; וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי, תשוה (תֻּשִׁיָּה).
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Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance.
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כג
כִּי-יָדַעְתִּי, מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי; וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכָל-חָי.
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For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
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כד
אַךְ לֹא-בְעִי, יִשְׁלַח-יָד; אִם-בְּפִידוֹ, לָהֶן שׁוּעַ.
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24
Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,
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כה
אִם-לֹא בָכִיתִי, לִקְשֵׁה-יוֹם; עָגְמָה נַפְשִׁי, לָאֶבְיוֹן.
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If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.
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כו
כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי, וַיָּבֹא רָע; וַאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר, וַיָּבֹא אֹפֶל.
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Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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כז
מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא-דָמּוּ; קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי-עֹנִי.
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Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.
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כח
קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי, בְּלֹא חַמָּה; קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּעַ.
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I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
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כט
אָח, הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים; וְרֵעַ, לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה.
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29
I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
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ל
עוֹרִי, שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי; וְעַצְמִי-חָרָה, מִנִּי-חֹרֶב.
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30
My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
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לא
וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל, כִּנֹּרִי; וְעֻגָבִי, לְקוֹל בֹּכִים.
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31
Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
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