Job 17

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17:1
רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִי׃
My spirit consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.
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17:2
אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִי׃
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye abideth in their provocation.
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17:3
שִׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵעַ׃
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; Who else is there that will strike hands with me?
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17:4
כִּי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵם׃
For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; Therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
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17:5
לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶנָה׃
He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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17:6
וְהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶה׃
He hath made me also a byword of the people; And I am become one in whose face they spit.
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17:7
וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּם׃
Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, And all my members are as a shadow.
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17:8
יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָר׃
Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
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17:9
וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹמֶץ׃
Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, And he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
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17:10
וְאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָם׃
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
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17:11
יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִי׃
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
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17:12
לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ׃
They change the night into day; The light is short because of darkness.
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17:13
אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי׃
If I look for the nether-world as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
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17:14
לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה׃
If I have said to corruption: ‘Thou art my father’, To the worm: ‘Thou art my mother, and my sister’;
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17:15
וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה׃
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
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17:16
בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָחַת׃
They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, When we are at rest together in the dust.
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@Rashi

Rashi on Job 17:14

<b>To the pit I have called, ‘You are my father,’</b> to lodge there many days as though it was my father, since this is my hope.

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