Job 24
Job asks why God does not judge the oppressors (continued)
מַדּוּעַ מִשַּׁדַּי לֹא-נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים (וידעו) וְיֹדְעָיו לֹא-חָזוּ יָמָֽיו׃
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
גְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
חֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שׁוֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
יַטּוּ אֶבְיֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי-אָֽרֶץ׃
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
הֵן פְּרָאִים׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ (יקצירו) יִקְצוֹרוּ וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
עָרוֹם יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּֽמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ-צֽוּר׃
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְֽעַל-עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
עָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
בֵּין-שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
מֵעִיר מְתִים׀ יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ-חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹא-יָשִׂים תִּפְלָֽה׃
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Those who rebel against the light
הֵמָּה׀ הָיוּ בְּֽמֹרְדֵי-אוֹר לֹֽא-הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
לָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִֽקְטָל-עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּֽב׃
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
וְעֵין נֹאֵף׀ שָׁמְרָֽה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא-תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִֽׂים׃
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ-לָמוֹ לֹא-יָדְעוּ אֽוֹר׃
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
כִּי יַחְדָּו׀ בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת כִּֽי-יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
The end of the wicked
קַֽל-הוּא׀ עַל-פְּנֵי-מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹֽא-יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
צִיָּה גַם-חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵֽימֵי-שֶׁלֶג שְׁאוֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם׀ מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹֽא-יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָֽה׃
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִֽיב׃
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ יָקוּם וְֽלֹא-יַאֲמִין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
יִתֶּן-לוֹ לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל-דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
רוֹמּוּ מְּעַט׀ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
וְאִם-לֹא אֵפוֹ מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִֽי׃
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?