| וַיֹּאמַֽר | אִיֹּ֗וב | וַיַּ֥עַן |
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wa-ya-ama-r | aa-ya-wb | wa-ya-'a-n | |
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wayo'mar | 'iyowb | waya'an |
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Then Job | answered: | |
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9-1. Then Job answered and said,
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| אֵֽל | עִם | אֱנֹ֣ושׁ | יִּצְדַּ֖ק | וּמַה | כִיכֵ֑ן | יָדַ֣עְתִּי | אָ֭מְנָם |
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aa-l | 'a-m | au-na-wsha | ya-sa-da-qh | wma-ha | ka-yka-n | ya-da-'a-tha-ya | aa-ma-na-m | |
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'el | 'im | 'enows | yisedaq | wmah | kiyken | yada'etiy | 'amenam |
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God? | before | can a mortal | be righteous | but how | that [it is] so, | I know | “Yes, | |
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9-2. I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
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| אָֽלֶף | מִנִּי | אַחַ֥ת | יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ | לֹֽא | עִמֹּ֑ו | לָרִ֣יב | אִםיַ֭חְפֹּץ |
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aa-la-ph | ma-na-ya | aa-cha-tha | ya-'ana-nwa | la-a | 'a-ma-wa | la-ra-yb | aa-mya-cha-pa-tz | |
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'alep | miniy | 'ahat | ya'anenw | lo' | 'imow | lariyb | 'imyahepos |
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of a thousand. | out | one [time] | answer Him | he could not | with [God], | to contend | If one wished | |
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9-3. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
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| אֵ֝לָ֗יווַיִּשְׁלָֽם | הִקְשָׁ֥ה | מִֽי | כֹּ֑חַ | וְאַמִּ֣יץ | לֵ֭בָב | חֲכַ֣ם |
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aa-la-ywwa-ya-sha-la-m | ha-qa-sha-ha | ma-ya | ka-cha | wa-aa-ma-ytz | la-ba-b | chaka-m | |
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'elaywwayiselam | hiqesah | miy | koha | we'amiys | lebab | hakam |
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against Him and prospered? | has hardened [himself] | Who | in strength. | and mighty | in heart | [God is] wise | |
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9-4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
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| בְּאַפֹּֽו | אֲשֶׁ֖רהֲפָכָ֣ם | יָדָ֑עוּ | וְלֹ֣א | הָ֭רִים | הַמַּעְתִּ֣יק |
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ba-aa-pa-wa | aasha-rhapa-ka-m | ya-da-'wa | wa-la-a | ha-ra-ym | ha-ma-'a-tha-yqh | |
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be'apow | 'aserhapakam | yada'w | welo' | hariym | hama'etiyq |
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in His anger. | when He overturns them | their knowledge, | without | mountains | He moves | |
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9-5. Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
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| יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן | וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ | מְּקֹומָ֑הּ | מִ | אֶ֭רֶץ | הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז |
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ya-tha-pa-la-swn | wa-'a-mwda-yha | ma-qa-wma-ha | ma | aa-ra-tz | ha-ma-ra-ga-yz | |
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yitepalaswn | we'amwdeyha | meqowmah | mi | 'eres | hamaregiyz |
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tremble. | so that its foundations | its place, | from | the earth | He shakes | |
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9-6. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
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| יַחְתֹּֽם | כֹּוכָבִ֣ים | וּבְעַ֖ד | יִזְרָ֑ח | וְלֹ֣א | לַ֭חֶרֶס | הָאֹמֵ֣ר |
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ya-cha-tha-m | ka-wka-ba-ym | wba-'a-d | ya-za-ra-cha | wa-la-a | la-cha-ra-sh | ha-aa-ma-r | |
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yahetom | kowkabiym | wbe'ad | yizerah | welo' | laheres | ha'omer |
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the stars. | and seals off | to shine, | not | the sun | He commands | |
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9-7. Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
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| יָֽם | בָּ֥מֳתֵי | עַל | וְ֝דֹורֵ֗ךְ | לְבַדֹּ֑ו | שָׁמַ֣יִם | נֹטֶ֣ה |
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ya-m | ba-motha-ya | 'a-l | wa-da-wra-ka | la-ba-da-wa | sha-ma-ya-m | na-ta-ha | |
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yam | bamotey | 'al | wedowreke | lebadow | samayim | noteh |
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of the sea. | the waves | on | and treads | He alone | the heavens, | stretches out | |
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9-8. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
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| תֵמָֽן | וְחַדְרֵ֥י | וְכִימָ֗ה | כְּסִ֥יל | עָ֭שׁ | עֹֽשֶׂה |
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tha-ma-n | wa-cha-da-ra-ya | wa-ka-yma-ha | ka-sa-yl | 'a-sha | 'a-sha-ha | |
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teman | wehaderey | wekiymah | kesiyl | 'as | 'oseh |
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of the south. | and the constellations | of the Pleiades | [and] Orion, | of the Bear | He is the Maker | |
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9-9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
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| מִסְפָּֽר | אֵ֥ין | עַד | וְנִפְלָאֹ֗ות | חֵ֑קֶר | אֵ֣ין | עַד | גְ֭דֹלֹות | עֹשֶׂ֣ה |
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ma-sa-pa-r | aa-yn | 'a-d | wa-na-pa-la-aa-wtha | cha-qa-r | aa-yn | 'a-d | ga-da-la-wtha | 'a-sha-ha | |
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misepar | 'eyn | 'ad | wenipela'owt | heqer | 'eyn | 'ad | gedolowt | 'oseh |
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number. | without | wonders | and unfathomable [things], | great | He does | |
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9-10. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
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| אָבִ֥ין | וְֽלֹא | וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף | אֶרְאֶ֑ה | וְלֹ֣א | עָ֭לַי | יַעֲבֹ֣ר | הֵ֤ן |
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aa-ba-yn | wa-la-a | wa-ya-chala-ph | aa-ra-aa-ha | wa-la-a | 'a-la-ya | ya-'aba-r | ha-n | |
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'abiyn | welo' | weyahalop | 'ere'eh | welo' | 'alay | ya'abor | hen |
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recognize Him. | I would not | were He to move, | see Him; | I would not | by me, | to pass | Were He | |
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9-11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
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| תַּעֲשֶֽׂה | אֵ֝לָ֗יומַֽה | יֹאמַ֥ר | מִֽי | יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ | מִ֣י | יַ֭חְתֹּף | לֹֽוהֵ֣ן |
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tha-'asha-ha | aa-la-ywma-ha | ya-ama-r | ma-ya | ya-sha-yba-nwa | ma-ya | ya-cha-tha-ph | la-wha-n | |
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ta'aseh | 'elaywmah | yo'mar | miy | yesiybenw | miy | yahetop | lowhen |
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are You doing?’ | to Him, ‘What | can say | Who | can hinder Him? | who | He snatches away, | If | |
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9-12. Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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| רָֽהַב | עֹ֣זְרֵי | שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ | תַּחְתָּ֥יו | אַפֹּ֑ו | יָשִׁ֣יב | לֹא | אֱ֭לֹוהַּ |
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ra-ha-b | 'a-za-ra-ya | sha-chachwa | tha-cha-tha-ywa | aa-pa-wa | ya-sha-yb | la-a | au-la-wha | |
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rahab | 'ozerey | sahahw | tahetayw | 'apow | yasiyb | lo' | 'elowha |
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of Rahab | the helpers | cower | beneath Him. | His anger; | restrain | does not | God | |
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9-13. If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
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| עִמֹּֽו | דְבָרַ֣י | אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה | אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ | כִּֽיאָנֹכִ֣י | אַ֭ף |
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'a-ma-wa | da-ba-ra-ya | aa-ba-chara-ha | aa-'u-na-nwa | ka-yaa-na-ka-ya | aa-ph | |
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'imow | debaray | 'ebeharah | 'e'enenw | kiy'anokiy | 'ap |
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against Him? | my arguments | or choose | answer Him | then can I | How | |
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9-14. How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
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| אֶתְחַנָּֽן | לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י | אֶעֱנֶ֑ה | לֹ֣א | אֲשֶׁ֣ראִםצָ֭דַקְתִּי |
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aa-tha-cha-na-n | la-ma-sha-pa-ta-ya | aa-'u-na-ha | la-a | aasha-raa-msa-da-qa-tha-ya | |
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'etehanan | limesopetiy | 'e'eneh | lo' | 'aser'imsadaqetiy |
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for mercy. | I could only beg my Judge | answer. | I could not | For even if I were right, | |
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9-15. Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
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| קֹולִֽי | כִּֽייַאֲזִ֥ין | אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין | לֹֽא | וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי | אִםקָרָ֥אתִי |
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qa-wla-ya | ka-yya-aaza-yn | aa-aama-yn | la-a | wa-ya-'ana-na-ya | aa-mqa-ra-atha-ya | |
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qowliy | kiyya'aziyn | 'a'amiyn | lo' | waya'aneniy | 'imqara'tiy |
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to my voice. | He would listen | believe | I do not | and He answered me, | If I summoned Him | |
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9-16. If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
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| חִנָּֽם | פְצָעַ֣י | וְהִרְבָּ֖ה | יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי | אֲשֶׁרבִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה |
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cha-na-m | pa-sa-'a-ya | wa-ha-ra-ba-ha | ya-shwpa-na-ya | aasha-rba-sha-'a-ra-ha | |
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hinam | pesa'ay | wehirebah | yeswpeniy | 'aserbise'arah |
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without cause. | my wounds | and multiply | He would crush me | For For with a tempest | |
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9-17. For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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| מַמְּרֹרִֽים | כִּ֥ייַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי | רוּחִ֑י | הָשֵׁ֣ב | יִ֭תְּנֵנִי | לֹֽא |
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ma-ma-ra-ra-ym | ka-yya-sha-ba-'a-na-ya | rwcha-ya | ha-sha-b | ya-tha-na-na-ya | la-a | |
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mameroriym | kiyyasebi'aniy | rwhiy | haseb | yiteneniy | lo' |
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with bitterness. | but overwhelms me | my breath, | me catch | let | He does not | |
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9-18. He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
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| יֹועִידֵֽנִי | מִ֣י | וְאִםלְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט | הִנֵּ֑ה | אַמִּ֣יץ | אִםלְכֹ֣חַ |
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ya-w'a-yda-na-ya | ma-ya | wa-aa-mla-ma-sha-pa-t | ha-na-ha | aa-ma-ytz | aa-mla-ka-cha | |
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yow'iydeniy | miy | we'imlemisepat | hineh | 'amiys | 'imlekoha |
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can summon Him? | who | If If it is a matter of justice, | He is indeed | mighty! | If If it is a matter of strength, | |
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9-19. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
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| וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי | אָ֝֗נִי | תָּֽם | יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי | פִּ֣י | אִםאֶ֭צְדָּק |
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wa-ya-'a-qa-sha-na-ya | aa-na-ya | tha-m | ya-ra-sha-y'a-na-ya | pa-ya | aa-maa-sa-da-qh | |
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waya'eqeseniy | 'aniy | tam | yaresiy'eniy | piy | 'im'esedaq |
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it would declare me guilty. | if I | were blameless, | would condemn me; | my mouth | Even if I were righteous, | |
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9-20. If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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| חַיָּֽי | אֶמְאַ֥ס | נַפְשִׁ֗י | אֵדַ֥ע | לֹֽא | אָ֭נִי | תָּֽם |
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cha-ya-ya | aa-ma-aa-sh | na-pa-sha-ya | aa-da-' | la-a | aa-na-ya | tha-m | |
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hayay | 'eme'as | napesiy | 'eda' | lo' | 'aniy | tam |
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my life. | I despise | for myself; | concern | I have no | Though I | am blameless, | |
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9-21. Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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| מְכַלֶּֽה | ה֣וּא | וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע | תָּ֥ם | אָמַ֑רְתִּי | כֵּ֥ן | עַל | הִ֥יא | אַחַ֗ת |
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ma-ka-la-ha | hwa | wa-ra-sha-' | tha-m | aa-ma-ra-tha-ya | ka-n | 'a-l | ha-ya | aa-cha-tha | |
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mekaleh | hw' | werasa' | tam | 'amaretiy | ken | 'al | hiy' | 'ahat |
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destroys | ‘He | and the wicked.’ | both the blameless | I say, | that is why | It | is all the same; | |
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9-22. This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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| יִלְעָֽג | נְקִיִּ֣ם | לְמַסַּ֖ת | פִּתְאֹ֑ם | יָמִ֣ית | אִםשֹׁ֭וט |
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ya-la-'a-gh | na-qa-ya-m | la-ma-sa-tha | pa-tha-aa-m | ya-ma-ytha | aa-msha-wt | |
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yile'ag | neqiyim | lemasat | pite'om | yamiyt | 'imsowt |
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He mocks | of the innocent. | the despair | brings sudden | death, | When the scourge | |
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9-23. If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
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| הֽוּא | מִי | אֵפֹ֣וא | אִםלֹ֖א | יְכַסֶּ֑ה | שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָ | פְּנֵֽי | רָשָׁ֗ע | בְֽיַד | נִתְּנָ֬ה | אֶ֤רֶץ |
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hwa | ma-ya | aa-pa-wa | aa-mla-a | ya-ka-sa-ha | sha-pa-ta-yha | pa-na-ya | ra-sha-' | ba-ya-d | na-tha-na-ha | aa-ra-tz | |
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hw' | miy | 'epow' | 'imlo' | yekaseh | sopeteyha | peney | rasa' | beyad | nitenah | 'eres |
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[is] it? | who | then | If it is not [He], | its judges. | He blindfolds | of the wicked; | into the hand | is given | The earth | |
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9-24. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
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| טֹובָֽה | רָא֥וּ | לֹא | בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ | רָ֑ץ | מִנִּי | קַ֭לּוּ | וְיָמַ֣י |
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ta-wba-ha | ra-awa | la-a | ba-ra-chwa | ra-tz | ma-na-ya | qa-lwa | wa-ya-ma-ya | |
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towbah | ra'w | lo' | barehw | ras | miniy | qalw | weyamay |
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any good. | seeing | without | they flee | a runner; | than | are swifter | My days | |
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9-25. Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
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| אֹֽכֶל | עֲלֵי | יָט֥וּשׂ | נֶ֗שֶׁר | כְּ֝ | אֵבֶ֑ה | אֳנִיֹּ֣ות | עִם | חָ֭לְפוּ |
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aa-ka-l | 'ala-ya | ya-twsha | na-sha-r | ka | aa-ba-ha | aona-ya-wtha | 'a-m | cha-la-pwa | |
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'okel | 'aley | yatws | neser | ke | 'ebeh | 'oniyowt | 'im | halepw |
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its prey. | on | swooping down | like an eagle | of papyrus, | boats | like | They sweep by | |
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9-26. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
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| וְאַבְלִֽיגָה | פָנַ֣י | אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה | שִׂיחִ֑י | אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה | אִםאָ֭מְרִי |
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wa-aa-ba-la-yga-ha | pa-na-ya | aa-'a-za-ba-ha | sha-ycha-ya | aa-sha-ka-cha-ha | aa-maa-ma-ra-ya | |
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we'abeliygah | panay | 'e'ezebah | siyhiy | 'esekehah | 'im'ameriy |
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and smile,’ | my expression, | I will change | my complaint, | ‘I will forget | If I say, | |
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9-27. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
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| תְנַקֵּֽנִי | כִּילֹ֥א | יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי | עַצְּבֹתָ֑י | כָל | יָגֹ֥רְתִּי |
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tha-na-qa-na-ya | ka-yla-a | ya-da-'a-tha-ya | 'a-sa-ba-tha-ya | ka-l | ya-ga-ra-tha-ya | |
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tenaqeniy | kiylo' | yada'etiy | 'asebotay | kal | yagoretiy |
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acquit me. | that You will not | I know | my sufferings; | all | I would still dread | |
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9-28. I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
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| אִיגָֽע | הֶ֣בֶל | זֶּ֝֗ה | לָמָּה | אֶרְשָׁ֑ע | אָנֹכִ֥י |
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aa-yga-' | ha-ba-l | za-ha | la-ma-ha | aa-ra-sha-' | aa-na-ka-ya | |
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'iyga' | hebel | zeh | lamah | 'eresa' | 'anokiy |
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should I labor | in vain? | why | already found guilty, | Since I am | |
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9-29. If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
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| כַּפָּֽי | בְּבֹ֣ר | וַ֝הֲזִכֹּ֗ותִי | שָׁ֑לֶג | בְמֵי | אִםהִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי |
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ka-pa-ya | ba-ba-r | wa-haza-ka-wtha-ya | sha-la-gh | ba-ma-ya | aa-mha-tha-ra-cha-sa-tha-ya | |
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kapay | bebor | wahazikowtiy | saleg | bemey | 'imhiterahasetiy |
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my hands | with lye, | and cleanse | with snow | If I should wash myself | |
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9-30. If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
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| שַׂלְמֹותָֽי | וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי | תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי | בַּשַּׁ֣חַת | אָ֭ז |
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sha-la-ma-wtha-ya | wa-tha-'abwna-ya | tha-ta-ba-la-na-ya | ba-sha-cha-tha | aa-z | |
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salemowtay | weti'abwniy | titebeleniy | basahat | 'az |
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and even my own clothes | would despise me! | You would plunge me | into the pit, | then | |
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9-31. Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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| בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט | יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו | נָבֹ֥וא | אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ | כָּמֹ֣נִי | אִ֣ישׁ | כִּילֹא |
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ba-ma-sha-pa-t | ya-cha-da-wa | na-ba-wa | aa-'u-na-nwa | ka-ma-na-ya | aa-ysha | ka-yla-a | |
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bamisepat | yahedaw | nabow' | 'e'enenw | kamoniy | 'iys | kiylo' |
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to court. | each other | that we can take | that I can answer Him, | like me, | a man | For He is not | |
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9-32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
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| שְׁנֵֽינוּ | עַל | יָדֹ֣ו | יָשֵׁ֖ת | מֹוכִ֑יחַ | בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ | יֵשׁ | לֹ֣א |
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sha-na-ynwa | 'a-l | ya-da-wa | ya-sha-tha | ma-wka-ycha | ba-yna-ynwa | ya-sha | la-a | |
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seneynw | 'al | yadow | yaset | mowkiyha | beyneynw | yes | lo' |
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us both. | upon | his hand | to lay | a mediator | between us, | is there | Nor | |
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9-33. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
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| תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי | אַֽל | וְ֝אֵמָתֹ֗ו | שִׁבְטֹ֑ו | עָלַ֣י | מֵ | יָסֵ֣ר |
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tha-ba-'atha-na-ya | aa-l | wa-aa-ma-tha-wa | sha-ba-ta-wa | 'a-la-ya | ma | ya-sa-r | |
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teba'ataniy | 'al | we'ematow | sibetow | 'alay | me | yaser |
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longer frighten me. | will no | so that His terror | His rod | me, | from | Let Him remove | |
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9-34. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
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| עִמָּדִֽי | אָ֝נֹכִ֗י | כֵ֥ן | כִּ֥ילֹא | אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ | וְלֹ֣א | אַֽ֭דַבְּרָה |
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'a-ma-da-ya | aa-na-ka-ya | ka-n | ka-yla-a | aa-yra-aa-nwa | wa-la-a | aa-da-ba-ra-ha | |
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'imadiy | 'anokiy | ken | kiylo' | 'iyra'enw | welo' | 'adaberah |
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am on my own. | I | But as it is, | fear of Him. | without | Then I would speak | |
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9-35. Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
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