30:1

וְעַתָּה שָׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִי׃

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

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30:2

גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימוֹ אָבַד כָּלַח׃

Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

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30:3

בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה׃

They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

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30:4

הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם׃

They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; And the roots of the broom are their food.

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30:5

מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ כַּגַּנָּב׃

They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief.

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30:6

בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִים׃

In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

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30:7

בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּחוּ׃

Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

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30:8

בְּנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ׃

They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; They were scourged out of the land.

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30:9

וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּה׃

And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.

30:10

תִּעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹק׃

They abhor me, they flee far from me, And spare not to spit in my face.

30:11

כִּי־יתרו [יִתְרִי] פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּחוּ׃

For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, And they have cast off the bridle before me.

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30:12

עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחוֹת אֵידָם׃

Upon my right hand rise the brood; They entangle my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

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30:13

נָתְסוּ נְתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָמוֹ׃

They break up my path, They further my calamity, Even men that have no helper.

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30:14

כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת שֹׁאָה הִתְגַּלְגָּלוּ׃

As through a wide breach they come; In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.

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30:15

הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִי׃

Terrors are turned upon me, They chase mine honour as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

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30:16

וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹנִי׃

And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

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30:17

לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבוּן׃

In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, And my sinews take no rest.

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30:18

בְּרָב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַאַזְרֵנִי׃

By the great force [of my disease] is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

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30:19

הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃

He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

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30:20

אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּי׃

I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me. .

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30:21

תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵנִי׃

Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.

30:22

תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי תשוה [תּוּשִׁיָּה׃]

Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; And Thou dissolvest my substance.

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30:23

כִּי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכָל־חָי׃

For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

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30:24

אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שׁוּעַ׃

Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, Neither because of these things shall help come in one’s calamity,

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30:25

אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יוֹם עָגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיוֹן׃

If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, And if my soul grieved not for the needy.

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30:26

כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר וַיָּבֹא אֹפֶל׃

Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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30:27

מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹנִי׃

Mine inwards boil, and rest not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

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30:28

קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּעַ׃

I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

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30:29

אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה׃

I am become a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

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30:30

עוֹרִי שָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹרֶב׃

My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones are burned with heat.

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30:31

וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִים׃

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.