Iyov 10
10
1My nefesh is sick of my life; I will give free rein to my si'akh (complaint); I will speak in the mar (bitterness) of my nefesh.
2I will say unto Eloah, Do not condemn me; show me what charge Thou dost contend with me.
3Is it hatov (pleasing) unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest reject the work of Thine hands, and shine [favor] upon the etzah (scheme) of the resha'im?
4Hast Thou eyes of basar? Or seest Thou as enosh seeth?
5Are Thy yamim like the yamim of enosh? Are Thy years like the days of gever (man),
6That Thou seekest after mine avon, and searchest after my chattat?
7Though Thou has da'as that I am not a resha, and there is none that can deliver out of Thine yad,
8Thine yadayim have formed me and altogether round about have fashioned me; yet Thou hast now swallowed me.
9Remember, now, that Thou hast molded me like the chomer (clay), and wilt Thou turn me into aphar again?
10Hast Thou not poured me out like cholov, and curdled me like gvinah (cheese)?
11Thou hast clothed me with ohr and basar, and hast knitted me together with atzmot and sinews.
12Thou hast granted me chayyim and chesed, and Thy visitation hath been shomer over my ruach.
13And these things hast Thou hid in Thine lev; I have da'as that this was in Thy mind.
14If I sin, then Thou art shomer over me, and Thou wilt not let my avon go unpunished.
15If I am guilty, woe unto me; even if I be tzaddik (innocent), yet will I not lift up my head, being full of kalon (shame) and conscious of my oni (misery),
16For if my head is held high, Thou stalkest me like a fierce lion, and ever Thou displayest Thy awesome power against me.
17Thou bringest Thy fresh edim (witnesses) against me, and increasest Thine hot indignation toward me; in waves Thy tzava troop against me.
18Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the rechem (womb)? Oh that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!
19I should have been as though I had never been; I should have been carried from the beten straight to the kever.
20Are not my yamim few? Then cease, and let me alone, that I may take a little cheer
21Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the Eretz Choshech V'Tzalmavet,
22An eretz of darkness, like darkness itself; and of tzalmavet, no sedarim (order), where the light is like darkness.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Job 10
10
Job: I Would Plead with God
1“My #1 Kin. 19:4; Job 7:16; Jon. 4:3soul loathes my life;
I will give free course to my complaint,
#Job 7:11I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
4Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or #(1 Sam. 16:7; Job 28:24; 34:21)do You see as man sees?
5Are Your days like the days of a mortal man?
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
6That You should seek for my iniquity
And search out my sin,
7Although You know that I am not wicked,
And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
8‘Your#Job 10:3; Ps. 119:73 hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would #(Job 9:22)destroy me.
9Remember, I pray, #Gen. 2:7; Job 33:6that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?
10#(Ps. 139:14–16)Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
11Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
13‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
I know that this was with You:
14If I sin, then #Job 7:20; Ps. 139:1You mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
15If I am wicked, #Job 10:7; Is. 3:11woe to me;
#(Job 9:12, 15)Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
I am full of disgrace;
#Ps. 25:18See my misery!
16If my head is exalted,
#Is. 38:13; Lam. 3:10; Hos. 13:7You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
17You renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.
18‘Why#Job 3:11–13 then have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
19I would have been as though I had not been.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20#Ps. 39:5Are not my days few?
Cease! #Job 7:16, 19Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
21Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
#Ps. 88:12To the land of darkness #Ps. 23:4and the shadow of death,
22A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”
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