Job 11 — TOJB

11Verse 1Then answered Tzophar the Na'amati, and said,^{Verse 2}Should not the multitude of devarim be answered?
And should an ish full of talk yitzdak (be justified)?
^{Verse 3}Should thy vain talk silence men,
so that thou mockest, v'ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame)?
^{Verse 4}For thou hast said, My lekach (doctrine, teaching, belief) is pure,
and I am clean in Thine eyes.
^{Verse 5}But oh that Eloah would speak,
and open His lips against thee,
^{Verse 6}And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah,
that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides!
Have da'as therefore that Eloah forgetteth
much of thy avon.
^{Verse 7}Canst thou search out the cheker Eloah (depths of G-d)?
Canst thou probe to the tachlis Shaddai (the end, completeness of Almighty)?
^{Verse 8}It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do?
Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da'as?
^{Verse 9}The measure thereof is longer than ha'aretz,
and broader than the yam (sea).
^{Verse 10}When Eloah passes by and arrests and convenes for judgment,
who then can constrain Him?
^{Verse 11}For He has da'as of deceitful men;
He seeth wickedness also; will He not then take note of it?
^{Verse 12}But before a witless ish can become wise,
a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!
^{Verse 13}If thou direct thine lev,
and stretch out thine hands to Him,
^{Verse 14}If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away,
and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim.
^{Verse 15}For then shalt thou lift up thy face without mum;
yea, thou shalt be firm, and shalt not fear,
^{Verse 16}Because thou shalt forget thy amal (grief),
and remember it as waters that flow by,
^{Verse 17}And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday);
thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker.
^{Verse 18}And thou shalt be secure, because now there is tikveh;
yea, thou shalt search, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
^{Verse 19}Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;
yea, rabbim (many) shall court thy favor.
^{Verse 20}But the eyes of the resha'im faileth,
and they shall not escape,
and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.