2“Howאָ֭נָה'A.nahH575longעַד־'ad-H5704will you tormentתּוֹגְי֣וּןtog.YunH3013meAnd crushוּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִיu.te.da.ke.'u.Na.niH1792me with wordsבְמִלִּֽים׃ve.mi.LimH4405?
3Theseזֶ֤הzehH2088tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235timesפְּ֭עָמִיםPe.'a.mimH6471you have insultedתַּכְלִימ֑וּנִיtakh.li.Mu.niH3637me;You are not ashamedתֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּte.Vo.shuH954to wrongתַּהְכְּרוּ־tah.ke.ru-H1970me.
4Evenוְאַף־ve.'af-H637if I have trulyאָמְנָ֥ם'a.me.NamH551erredשָׁגִ֑יתִיsha.Gi.tiH7686,My errorמְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃me.shu.ga.TiH4879lodgesתָּלִ֥יןta.LinH3885with me.
6Knowדְּֽעוּ־de.'u-H3045thenאֵ֭פוֹ'e.foH645thatGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433has wrongedעִוְּתָ֑נִי'i.ve.Ta.niH5791meAnd has closedH5362His netוּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹu.me.tzu.DoH4685aroundH5362me.
Everything Is against Him
7“Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005,I cryאֶצְעַ֣ק'etz.'AkH6817, ‘Violenceחָ֭מָסCha.mosH2555!’but I getH6030noוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808answerאֵעָנֶ֑ה'e.'a.NehH6030;I shoutH7768for helpאֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע'a.sha.Va'H7768,but thereH369is noH369justiceמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.
8He haswalledגָ֭דַרGa.darH1443up my wayאָרְחִ֣י'a.re.ChiH734so that I cannotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808passאֶעֱב֑וֹר'e.'e.VorH5674,And He has putיָשִֽׂים׃ya.SimH7760darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822on my pathsנְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗יne.ti.vo.TaiH5410.
9He hasstrippedהִפְשִׁ֑יטhif.ShitH6584my honorכְּ֭בוֹדִיKe.vo.diH3519from meAnd removedוַ֝יָּ֗סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493thecrownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850from my headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218.
10HebreaksH5422me downיִתְּצֵ֣נִיyi.te.Tze.niH5422on everyH5439sideH5439,and I am goneוָאֵלַ֑ךְva.'e.LakhH1980;And He has uprootedוַיַּסַּ֥עvai.ya.Sa'H5265myhopeתִּקְוָתִֽי׃tik.va.TiH8615like a treeכָּ֝עֵ֗ץka.'EtzH6086.
11He has alsokindledוַיַּ֣חַרvai.Ya.charH2734His angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639againstעָלַ֣י'a.LaiH5921me Andconsideredוַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִיvai.yach.she.Ve.niH2803me as His enemyכְצָרָֽיו׃khe.tza.RavH6862.
13“He hasremovedH7368my brothersאַ֭חַי'A.chaiH251farהִרְחִ֑יקhir.ChikH7368from me, And myacquaintancesוְ֝יֹדְעַ֗יve.yo.de.'AiH3045are completelyאַךְ־'akh-H389estrangedזָ֥רוּZa.ruH2114from me.
14My relativesקְרוֹבָ֑יke.ro.VaiH7138have failedחָדְל֥וּcha.de.LuH2308, And myintimateH3045friendsH3045have forgottenשְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃she.khe.Chu.niH7911me.
15Those who liveגָּ֘רֵ֤יga.ReiH1481in my houseבֵיתִ֣יvei.TiH1004and my maidsוְ֭אַמְהֹתַיVe.'am.ho.taiH519considerתַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִיtach.she.Vu.niH2803me a strangerלְזָ֣רle.ZarH2114.I amהָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961a foreignerנָ֝כְרִ֗יna.khe.RiH5237in their sightבְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ve.'ei.nei.HemH5869.
16I callקָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121to my servantלְעַבְדִּ֣יle.'av.DiH5650,but he does not answerיַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.NehH6030;I have to imploreאֶתְחַנֶּן־'et.cha.nen-H2603him with my mouthפִ֝֗יFiH6310.
17My breathר֭וּחִֽיRu.chiH7307isoffensiveזָ֣רָהZa.rahH2114to my wifeלְאִשְׁתִּ֑יle.'ish.TiH802,And I am loathsomeוְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗יve.cha.no.TiH2603to my own brothersלִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃liv.Nei vit.NiH1121H990.
18Evenגַּם־gam-H1571youngעֲ֭וִילִים'A.vi.limH5759childrenH5759despiseמָ֣אֲסוּMa.'a.suH3988me;I riseאָ֝ק֗וּמָה'a.Ku.mahH6965up and they speakוַיְדַבְּרוּ־vay.da.be.ru-H1696against me.
20Myboneעַצְמִ֑י'atz.MiH6106clingsדָּבְקָ֣הda.ve.KahH1692to my skinבְּעוֹרִ֣יbe.'o.RiH5785and my fleshוּ֭בִבְשָׂרִיU.viv.sa.riH1320,And I have escapedוָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗הva.'et.ma.le.TahH4422onlyby the skinבְּע֣וֹרbe.'orH5785of my teethשִׁנָּֽי׃shi.NaiH8127.
21Pityחָנֻּ֬נִיcha.Nu.niH2603me, pityחָנֻּ֣נִיcha.Nu.niH2603me, O you my friendsרֵעָ֑יre.'AiH7453, For thehandיַד־yad-H3027of Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433has struckH5221me.
22Whyלָ֭מָּהLa.mahH4100do youpersecuteתִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִיtir.de.Fu.niH7291me as Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410does,And are not satisfiedתִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃tis.Ba.'uH7646with my fleshוּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗יu.mi.be.sa.RiH1320?
Job Says, “My Redeemer Lives”
23“Ohמִֽי־ יִתֵּ֣ןmi- yi.TenH4310H5414that my wordsמִלָּ֑יmi.LaiH4405were writtenוְיִכָּתְב֣וּןve.yi.ka.te.VunH3789!Ohמִֽי־ יִתֵּ֖ןmi- yi.TenH4310H5414that they wereinscribedוְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ve.yu.Cha.kuH2710in a bookבַּסֵּ֣פֶרba.Se.ferH5612!
24That with an ironבַּרְזֶ֥לbar.ZelH1270stylusבְּעֵט־be.'et-H5842and leadוְעֹפָ֑רֶתve.'o.Fa.retH5777They were engravedיֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ye.cha.tze.VunH2672in the rockבַּצּ֥וּרba.TzurH6697foreverלָ֝עַ֗דla.'AdH5703!
25As for me, I knowיָ֭דַעְתִּיYa.da'.tiH3045that myRedeemerגֹּ֣אֲלִיGo.'a.liH1350livesחָ֑יChaiH2416, Andat the lastוְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹןve.'a.cha.RonH314He will takeH6965His standיָקֽוּם׃ya.KumH6965on theearthעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083.
26Even afterוְאַחַ֣רve.'a.CharH310my skinע֭וֹרִֽיo.riH5785is destroyedנִקְּפוּ־ni.ke.fu-H5362,Yet from my fleshוּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗יu.mi.be.sa.RiH1320I shallseeאֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה'e.che.ZehH2372Godאֱלֽוֹהַּ׃'e.Lo.ahH433;
27Whomאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834Imyselfאֲנִ֨י׀'a.NiH589shall beholdאֶֽחֱזֶה־'e.che.zeh-H2372,And whom my eyesוְעֵינַ֣יve.'ei.NaiH5869will seeרָא֣וּra.'UH7200and not anotherזָ֑רZarH2114. Myheartכִלְיֹתַ֣יkhil.yo.TaiH3629faintsכָּל֖וּka.LuH3615withinבְּחֵקִֽי׃be.che.KiH2436me!
28Ifכִּ֣יkiH3588you sayתֹ֭אמְרוּTo.me.ruH559, ‘Howמַה־mah-H4100shall wepersecuteנִּרְדָּף־nir.dof-H7291him?’ And ‘What pretextוְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328for a caseדָּ֝בָ֗רda.VarH1697against him can we findנִמְצָא־nim.tza'-H4672?’
29Thenbe afraidגּ֤וּרוּGu.ruH1481ofthe swordחֶ֗רֶבChe.revH2719for yourselves,For wrathחֵ֭מָהChe.mahH2534bringsthe punishmentעֲוֹנ֣וֹתa.vo.NotH5771of the swordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719,Soלְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anH4616that you may knowתֵּדְע֣וּןte.de.'UnH3045there is judgmentשַׁדּֽוּן׃ סsha.dinH1779.”
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