Chapter 8

1Bildad the Shuhite said in reply:

vai-YA-an bil-DAD ha-shu-KHEE va-YO-mer

אוַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשּׁוּחִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2How long will you speak such things? Your utterances are a mighty wind!

ad-an t'-ma-LEL-e-LEH, v'-RU-akh ka-BEER im-rei-PI-kha

בעַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּ֗יר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

3Will Hashem pervert the right? Will the Almighty pervert justice?

ha-EL y'-a-VEYT mish-PAT, v'-im sha-DAI y'-a-VEYT-tze-DEK

גהַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּת־צֶֽדֶק׃

4If your sons sinned against Him, He dispatched them for their transgression.

im-BA-ne-KHA kha-t'-U-lo, va-y'-sha-l'-KHEM b'-yad pish-AM

דאִם־בָּנֶ֥יךָ חָֽטְאוּ־ל֑וֹ וַֽ֝יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗ם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃

5But if you seek Hashem And supplicate the Almighty,

im-a-TAH t'-sha-KHER el-EL v'-el-sha-DAI tit-ha-NAN

האִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃

6If you are blameless and upright, He will protect you, And grant well-being to your righteous home.

im-zakh v'-ya-SHAR a-TAH ki-a-TAH ya-IR a-LE-kha v'-shi-LAM n'-VAT tzi-d'-KE-kha

ואִם־זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥֫תָּה כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

7Though your beginning be small, In the end you will grow very great.

v'-ha-YA ray-SHEET-kha mitz-AR v'-a-kha-ree-TE-kha yis-GEH me-OD

זוְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִֽיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

8Ask the generation past, Study what their fathers have searched out—

ki-SHAL-na l'-DOR ri-SHON v'-ko-NEN l'-khe-KER a-vo-TAM

חכִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָ֭א לְדֹ֣ר רִישׁ֑וֹן וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן לְחֵ֣קֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

9For we are of yesterday and know nothing; Our days on earth are a shadow—

ki-t'-MOL a-NAKH-nu v'-LO ne-DA, ki TZEL ya-MAY-nu a-LEI a-RETZ

טכִּֽי־תְמ֣וֹל אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע כִּ֤י צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣ינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

10Surely they will teach you and tell you, Speaking out of their understanding.

ha-LO-hem yo-RO-u-KHA yo-M'-RU lakh u-mi-LI-bam yo-TZI-u mi-LIM

יהֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם י֭וֹרוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יוֹצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃

11Can papyrus thrive without marsh? Can rushes grow without water?

ha-YIG-e GOM-e b'-LO bi-TZAH yis-GE-a-KHU b'-LI-MA-yim

יאהֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

12While still tender, not yet plucked, They would wither before any other grass.

o-DE-nu v'-i-VO lo yi-ka-TEF, v'-lif-NEI kol-cha-TZIR yi-va-SH

יבעֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֖י כׇל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃

13Such is the fate of all who forget Hashem; The hope of the impious man comes to naught—

KEN o-r'-KHOT kol-sho-KH'-khei EL v'-tik-VAT kha-NEF to-A-VED

יגכֵּ֗ן אׇ֭רְחוֹת כׇּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃

14Whose confidence is a thread of gossamer, Whose trust is a spider's web.

a-SHER ya-KOT kis-LO u-VEYT a-KA-vish miv-ta-KHO

ידאֲשֶׁר־יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑וֹ וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃

15He leans on his house—it will not stand; He seizes hold of it, but it will not hold.

yi-SHA-en al be-TO v'-lo ya-a-MOD ya-cha-ZEEK BO v'-lo ya-KUM

טויִשָּׁעֵ֣ן עַל־בֵּ֭יתוֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֑ד יַחֲזִ֥יק בּ֝֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יָקֽוּם׃

16He stays fresh even in the sun; His shoots spring up in his garden;

ra-TOV HU lif-NEI sha-MESH v'-AL ga-NA-to yo-NAK-to te-TZE

טזרָטֹ֣ב ה֭וּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ יֹנַקְתּ֥וֹ תֵצֵֽא׃

17His roots are twined around a heap, They take hold of a house of stones.

al-gal sha-RA-shav y'-su-BA-khu, bayt a-va-NEEM ye-khe-ZEH

יזעַל־גַּ֭ל שׇׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃

18When he is uprooted from his place, It denies him, [saying,] “I never saw you.”

im-y'-va-le-ENU mi-m'-ko-MO, v'-khi-KHESH BO lo r'-ee-TEE-kha

יחאִם־יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּ מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ וְכִ֥חֶשׁ בּ֝֗וֹ לֹ֣א רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃

19Such is his happy lot; And from the earth others will grow.

hen-hu me-SOS dar-KO u-me-a-FAR a-CHEIR yitz-ma-KHU

יטהֶן־ה֭וּא מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗ר אַחֵ֥ר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃

20Surely Hashem does not despise the blameless; He gives no support to evildoers.

hen-E-l lo yim-AS-tam, v'-lo ya-ha-ZEEK b'-yad m'-re-EEM

כהֶן־אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס־תָּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃

21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouts of joy.

ad y'-ma-LAY s'-KHOK PEE-kha us-fa-TE-kha t'-ru-AH

כאעַד־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂח֣וֹק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃

22Your enemies will be clothed in disgrace; The tent of the wicked will vanish.

so-ne-E-kha yil-b'-SHU-vosh-et v'-o-Hel r'-sha-EEM e-NE-nu.

כבשֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֹ֖הֶל רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃