Posuk

כג:א
וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
רש"י
רד''ק
1.
Job said in reply:<br>

כג:ב
גַּם־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃
רש"י
רד''ק
2.
Today again my complaint is bitter;<br><sup class="footnote-marker">a</sup><i class="footnote">Lit. “My hand is heavy.”</i>My strength is spent<sup class="endFootnote">-a</sup> on account of my groaning.

כג:ג
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃
רש"י
רד''ק
3.
Would that I knew how to reach Him,<br>How to get to His dwelling-place.

כג:ד
אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃
רש"י
רד''ק
4.
I would set out my case before Him<br>And fill my mouth with arguments.

כג:ה
אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃
רש"י
רד''ק
5.
I would learn what answers He had for me<br>And know how He would reply to me.

כג:ו
הַבְּרׇב־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי׃
רש"י
רד''ק
6.
Would He contend with me overbearingly?<br>Surely He would not accuse me!

כג:ז
שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃
רש"י
רד''ק
7.
There the upright would be cleared by Him,<br>And I would escape forever from my judge.<br>

כג:ח
הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃
רש"י
רד''ק
8.
But if I go East—He is not there;<br>West—I still do not perceive Him;

כג:ט
שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה׃
רש"י
רד''ק
9.
North—since He is concealed, I do not behold Him;<br>South—He is hidden, and I cannot see Him.

כג:י
כִּֽי־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא׃
רש"י
רד''ק
10.
But He knows the way I take;<br>Would He assay me, I should emerge pure as gold.

כג:יא
בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃
רש"י
רד''ק
11.
I have followed in His tracks,<br>Kept His way without swerving,

כג:יב
מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃
רש"י
רד''ק
12.
I have not deviated from what His lips commanded;<br>I have treasured His words more than my daily bread.

כג:יג
וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃
רש"י
רד''ק
13.
He is one; who can dissuade Him?<br>Whatever He desires, He does.

כג:יד
כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃
רש"י
רד''ק
14.
For He will bring my term to an end,<br>But He has many more such at His disposal.

כג:טו
עַל־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
רש"י
רד''ק
15.
Therefore I am terrified at His presence;<br>When I consider, I dread Him.

כג:טז
וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃
רש"י
רד''ק
16.
God has made me fainthearted;<br>Shaddai has terrified me.

כג:יז
כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃
רש"י
רד''ק
17.
Yet I am not cut off by the darkness;<br>He has concealed the thick gloom from me.

כְּתוּבִים אִיּוֹב פרק כג
Kesuvim Iyov Chapter 23