Chapter 10

1I am disgusted with life; I will give rein to my complaint, Speak in the bitterness of my soul.

na-K'-ta naf-SHEE b'-cha-YAI e-ez-VAH a-LAI see-KHEE a-da-b'-RAH b'-mar naf-SHEE

אנָֽקְטָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י אֶעֶזְבָ֣ה עָלַ֣י שִׂיחִ֑י אֲ֝דַבְּרָ֗ה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

2I say to Hashem, “Do not condemn me; Let me know what You charge me with.

o-MAR el e-lo-HA al-tar-shi-E-ni, ho-di-E-ni al ma-t'-ri-VE-ni

באֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי ה֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

3Does it benefit You to defraud, To despise the toil of Your hands, While smiling on the counsel of the wicked?

ha-TOV l'-KHA, KEE-ta-a-SHOK, KEE-tim-AS, ye-GEE-a KAP-ay-KHA, v'-al-a-TZAT r'-sha-EEM ho-FA-ta

גהֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי־תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל־עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃

4Do You have the eyes of flesh? Is Your vision that of mere men?

ha-EY-ney va-SAR lakh, im kir-OT e-NOsh tir-EH

דהַעֵינֵ֣י בָשָׂ֣ר לָ֑ךְ אִם־כִּרְא֖וֹת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

5Are Your days the days of a mortal, Are Your years the years of a man,

ha-KHEE-may e-NOSh ya-ME-kha, im sh'-no-TE-kha k'-may ga-VER

ההֲכִימֵ֣י אֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמֶ֑יךָ אִם־שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣ימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

6That You seek my iniquity And search out my sin?

ki-t'-va-KE-sh la-a-vo-NEE u-l'-kha-ta-TEE tid-ROSH

וכִּֽי־תְבַקֵּ֥שׁ לַעֲוֺנִ֑י וּֽלְחַטָּאתִ֥י תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

7You know that I am not guilty, And that there is none to deliver from Your hand.

al-DA-at-KHA ki-LO er-SHA v'-AYN mi-YAD-kha mat-SEEL

זעַֽל־דַּ֭עְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹ֣א אֶרְשָׁ֑ע וְאֵ֖ין מִיָּדְךָ֣ מַצִּֽיל׃

8“Your hands shaped and fashioned me, Then destroyed every part of me.

ya-DE-kha i-tz'-BU-nee va-y'-a-SU-nee YA-khad sa-VIV va-t'-va-l'-AY-nee

חיָדֶ֣יךָ עִ֭צְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי יַ֥חַד סָ֝בִ֗יב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

9Consider that You fashioned me like clay; Will You then turn me back into dust?

ZE-khor-NA ki-KHA-kho-MER a-see-TA-nee v'-EL a-FAr t'-shi-VE-nee

טזְכׇר־נָ֭א כִּֽי־כַחֹ֣מֶר עֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי וְֽאֶל־עָפָ֥ר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

10You poured me out like milk, Congealed me like cheese;

ha-LO ke-KHA-lav ta-TEE-khe-NI, v'-ka-ge-vi-NAH tak-pee-EI-ni

יהֲלֹ֣א כֶ֭חָלָב תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

11You clothed me with skin and flesh And wove me of bones and sinews;

OR U-VA-SAR tal-BI-SHE-ni u-va-a-TSA-MOT v'-gi-DIM t'-so-KHE-khe-ni

יאע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּשֹׂכְכֵֽנִי׃

12You bestowed on me life and care; Your providence watched over my spirit.

kha-YIM va-KHE-sed a-SEE-ta i-MA-dee u-f'-ku-da-T'-kha sha-M'-RA ru-KHEE

יבחַיִּ֣ים וָ֭חֶסֶד עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝פְקֻדָּתְךָ֗ שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה רוּחִֽי׃

13Yet these things You hid in Your heart; I know that You had this in mind:

v'-AY-leh tza-FAN-ta bil-va-VE-kha, ya-DA-ti ki-ZOT i-MAKH

יגוְ֭אֵלֶּה צָפַ֣נְתָּ בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־זֹ֥את עִמָּֽךְ׃

14To watch me when I sinned And not clear me of my iniquity;

im-cha-TA-tee u-sh'-mar-TA-nee u-m'-a-vo-NEE lo t'-na-KAY-nee

ידאִם־חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֺנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

15Should I be guilty—the worse for me! And even when innocent, I cannot lift my head; So sated am I with shame, And drenched in my misery.

im-ra-SHA-ti al-LAI li v'-tza-DAK-ti lo-e-SA ro-SHI s'-VA ka-LOn u-r'-EH o-ni-YI

טואִם־רָשַׁ֡עְתִּי אַלְלַ֬י לִ֗י וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן וּרְאֵ֥ה עׇנְיִֽי׃

16It is something to be proud of to hunt me like a lion, To show Yourself wondrous through me time and again!

v'-yi-G'-eh ka-SHA-khal t'-tzu-DE-ni v'-ta-SHOV tit-pa-LA-vi

טזוְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

17You keep sending fresh witnesses against me, Letting Your vexation with me grow. I serve my term and am my own replacement.

t'-kha-DAYSH ay-DE-kha NEG-dee v'-TE-rev ka-a-SHE-kha i-ma-DEE kha-lee-FOT v'-tza-VA i-MEE

יזתְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְתֶ֣רֶב כַּ֭עַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִ֑י חֲלִיפ֖וֹת וְצָבָ֣א עִמִּֽי׃

18“Why did You let me come out of the womb? Better had I expired before any eye saw me,

v'-LA-mah may-RE-khem ho-tzay-TA-nee eg-VA v'-A-yin lo tir-AY-nee

יחוְלָ֣מָּה מֵ֭רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע וְעַ֣יִן לֹֽא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

19Had I been as though I never was, Had I been carried from the womb to the grave.

ka-a-SHER lo-ha-YI-tee e-HE-yeh mi-BE-ten la-KE-ver u-val

יטכַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־הָיִ֣יתִי אֶהְיֶ֑ה מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן לַקֶּ֥בֶר אוּבָֽל׃

20My days are few, so desist! Leave me alone, let me be diverted a while

ha-LO m'-a-AT ya-MAI (ya-KH'-dal) [va-cha-DAL] (yi-SHIT) [v'-SHIT] mi-ME-ni v'-av-li-GA m'-AT

כהֲלֹֽא־מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י (יחדל) [וַחֲדָ֑ל] (ישית) [וְשִׁ֥ית] מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט׃

21Before I depart—never to return— For the land of deepest gloom;

b'-TE-rem e-LEKH v'-lo a-SHUV el E-rets KHO-shekh v'-tzal-MA-vet

כאבְּטֶ֣רֶם אֵ֭לֵךְ וְלֹ֣א אָשׁ֑וּב אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

22A land whose light is darkness, All gloom and disarray, Whose light is like darkness.”

E-retz e-FAT-a k'-MO o-FEL tzal-MA-vet v'-lo s'-da-RIM va-TO-fa k'-MO o-FEL.

כבאֶ֤רֶץ עֵפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃