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Job

Chapter 10
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): naֽqeta֥h napeshshi֗y bּecha֫yּa֥y 'eֽ'ezeba֣h 'ala֣y shsiychi֑y 'a֝dabּerah֗ bּema֣r napeshshiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul."

נָֽקְטָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה עָלַ֣י שִׂיחִ֑י אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): oma֣r 'el-'e֭lohּa 'al-tּareshshiy'e֑niy hֽ֝odiy'e֗niy 'a֣l mah-tּeriybeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me."

אֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): hat֤ob leka֨ ׀ kּiֽy-ta'ashsho֗q kּiֽy-ti֭me'as yegi֣y'a kּapּe֑yka ve'al-'atza֖t reshsha'i֣ym hopaֽ'etּa׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?"

הֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי־תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל־עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): ha'eyne֣y bashsa֣r la֑ke 'im-kּire'֖ot 'en֣oshsh tּire'eֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?"

הַעֵינֵ֣י בָשָׂ֣ר לָ֑ךְ אִם־כִּרְא֖וֹת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): hakiyme֣y 'en֣oshsh yame֑yka 'im-shshe֝note֗yka kּi֣ymey gaֽber׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a man,"

הֲכִימֵ֣י אֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמֶ֑יךָ אִם־שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣ימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-tebaqּe֥shsh la'avoni֑y u֭lechatּa'ti֥y tiderֽoshsh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin?"

כִּֽי־תְבַקֵּ֥שׁ לַעֲוֺנִ֑י וּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥י תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): aֽl-dּa֭'etּeka kּiy-lo֣ 'ereshsha֑ ve'e֖yn miyּadeka֣ matzּiֽyl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand."

עַֽל־דַּ֭עְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹ֣א אֶרְשָׁ֑ע וְאֵ֖ין מִיָּדְךָ֣ מַצִּֽיל׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): yade֣yka 'i֭tzּebuniy vaֽyּa'ashs֑uniy ya֥chad sa֝bi֗yb vaֽtּebalּe'eֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?"

יָדֶ֣יךָ עִ֭צְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי יַ֥חַד סָ֝בִ֗יב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): zekar-na֭ kּiy-kacho֣mer 'ashsiyta֑niy veֽ'el-'apa֥r tּeshshiybeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Remember that you moulded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?"

זְכָר־נָ֭א כִּי־כַחֹ֣מֶר עֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי וְֽאֶל־עָפָ֥ר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): halo֣ ke֭chalab tּatּiyke֑niy ve֝kagּebinּa֗h tּaqepּiy'eֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,"

הֲלֹ֣א כֶ֭חָלָב תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): ֣or u֭bashsar tּalebּiyshshe֑niy uֽba'atzam֥ot ve֝giydi֗ym tּesokekeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?"

ע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): chayּi֣ym va֭chesed 'ashsi֣yta 'imּadi֑y u֝pequdּateka֗ shshaֽmera֥h ruchiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You gave me life and showed me favour, and in your care you watched over my spirit."

חַיִּ֣ים וָ֭חֶסֶד עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝פְקֻדָּתְךָ֗ שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה רוּחִֽי׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭'elּeh tzapa֣netּa bilebabe֑ka ya֝da֗'etּiy kּiy-zo֥'t 'imּaֽke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But these things you hid in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:"

וְ֭אֵלֶּה צָפַ֣נְתָּ בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־זֹ֥את עִמָּֽךְ׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-chata֥'tiy ushshemaretּa֑niy u֝me'avoni֗y lo֣ tenaqּeֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offence go unpunished."

אִם־חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֺנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-rashsha֡'etּiy 'alela֬y li֗y ve֭tzadaqetּiy lo'-'eshsּa֣ ro'shshi֑y shseba֥ qa֝l֗on ure'e֥h 'aneyֽiy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If I am guilty, woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction."

אִם־רָשַׁ֡עְתִּי אַלְלַ֬י לִ֗י וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן וּרְאֵ֥ה עָנְיִֽי׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭yige'eh kּashshּa֣chal tּetzude֑niy ve֝tashsho֗b tּitepּalּa'-biֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me."

וְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): tּechadּe֬shsh 'ede֨yka ׀ negedּi֗y vete֣reb kּaֽ֭'ashseka 'imּadi֑y chaliyp֖ot vetzaba֣ 'imּiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me in wave after wave."

תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְתֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִ֑י חֲלִיפ֖וֹת וְצָבָ֣א עִמִּֽי׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): vela֣mּah me֭rechem hotze'ta֑niy 'e֝geva֗ ve'a֣yin lo'-tire'eֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me."

וְלָ֣מָּה מֵ֭רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע וְעַ֣יִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּa'ashshe֣r lo'-hayi֣ytiy 'eheye֑h mi֝bּe֗ten laqּe֥ber 'ubaֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!"

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־הָיִ֣יתִי אֶהְיֶ֑ה מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן לַקֶּ֥בֶר אוּבָֽל׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): halo'-me'a֣t yama֣y ychdl vachada֑l yshyt veshshi֥yt mi֝mּe֗nּiy ve'abeli֥ygah mּe'aֽt׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy,"

הֲלֹא־מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י יחדל וַחֲדָ֑ל ישית וְשִׁ֥ית מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּete֣rem 'e֭leke velo֣ 'ashsh֑ub 'el-'e֖retz cho֣shsheke vetzalemaֽvet׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,"

בְּטֶ֣רֶם אֵ֭לֵךְ וְלֹ֣א אָשׁ֑וּב אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

22
Phonetic (Hebrew): e֤retz 'eypa֨tah ׀ kּem֥o 'o֗pel tza֭lemavet velo֥ sedari֗ym vatּo֥pa kּemo-'oֽpel׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)"to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and confusion, where the shadows themselves are black as night."

אֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃פ