1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
1ויסף איוב שאת משלו ויאמר׃
2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
2מי יתנני כירחי קדם כימי אלוה ישמרני׃
3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
3בהלו נרו עלי ראשי לאורו אלך חשך׃
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
4כאשר הייתי בימי חרפי בסוד אלוה עלי אהלי׃
5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
5בעוד שדי עמדי סביבותי נערי׃
6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
6ברחץ הליכי בחמה וצור יצוק עמדי פלגי שמן׃
7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
7בצאתי שער עלי קרת ברחוב אכין מושבי׃
8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
8ראוני נערים ונחבאו וישישים קמו עמדו׃
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
9שרים עצרו במלים וכף ישימו לפיהם׃
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
10קול נגידים נחבאו ולשונם לחכם דבקה׃
11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
11כי אזן שמעה ותאשרני ועין ראתה ותעידני׃
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
12כי אמלט עני משוע ויתום ולא עזר לו׃
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
13ברכת אבד עלי תבא ולב אלמנה ארנן׃
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
14צדק לבשתי וילבשני כמעיל וצניף משפטי׃
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
15עינים הייתי לעור ורגלים לפסח אני׃
16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
16אב אנכי לאביונים ורב לא ידעתי אחקרהו׃
17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
17ואשברה מתלעות עול ומשניו אשליך טרף׃
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
18ואמר עם קני אגוע וכחול ארבה ימים׃
19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
19שרשי פתוח אלי מים וטל ילין בקצירי׃
20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
20כבודי חדש עמדי וקשתי בידי תחליף׃
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
21לי שמעו ויחלו וידמו למו עצתי׃
22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
22אחרי דברי לא ישנו ועלימו תטף מלתי׃
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
23ויחלו כמטר לי ופיהם פערו למלקוש׃
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
24אשחק אלהם לא יאמינו ואור פני לא יפילון׃
25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
25אבחר דרכם ואשב ראש ואשכון כמלך בגדוד כאשר אבלים ינחם׃