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Job 30:1-14

1Butnowוְעַתָּ֤ה׀ve.'a.TahH6258theythatareyoungerצְעִירִ֥יםtze.'i.RimH6810thanIhavemeinderision,Whosefathersאֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1IdisdainedtosetH7896withthedogsכַּלְבֵ֥יkal.VeiH3611ofmyflockצֹאנִֽי׃tzo.NiH6629.

2Yea,thestrengthכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581oftheirhandsיְ֭דֵיהֶםYe.dei.hemH3027, wheretoshoulditprofitme? Meninwhom ripe ageisperishedאָ֣בַד'A.vadH6.

3They aregauntwithwantandfamine; Theygnawthedryצִיָּ֑הtzi.YahH6723ground,inthegloom of wastenessanddesolationוּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃u.me.sho.'AhH4875.

4Theypluckהַקֹּטְפִ֣יםha.ko.te.FimH6998salt-wortbythebushesH7880;Andtherootsוְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328ofthebroomרְתָמִ֣יםre.ta.MimH7574aretheirfoodלַחְמָֽם׃lach.MamH3899.

5TheyaredrivenH1644forthfromthemidstofmen;TheycryH7321afterthemasafterathiefכַּגַּנָּֽב׃ka.ga.NavH1590;

6So that theydwellלִשְׁכֹּ֑ןlish.KonH7931infrightfulvalleys,InholesH2356oftheearthH6083andoftherocksוְכֵפִֽים׃ve.khe.FimH3710.

7Amongthebushesשִׂיחִ֥יםsi.ChimH7880theybrayיִנְהָ֑קוּyin.Ha.kuH5101;Underthenettlesחָר֣וּלcha.RulH2738theyaregatheredtogether.

8Theyarechildrenoffoolsנָ֭בָלNa.volH5036, yea,childrenofbasemen;Theywerescourgedoutofthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

9Andnowוְ֭עַתָּהVe.'a.tahH6258IamH1961becomeH1961theirsongנְגִינָתָ֣םne.gi.na.TamH5058, Yea,IamH1961abyworduntothem.

10Theyabhorתִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִיTi.'a.vu.niH8581me,theystandalooffromme,Andsparenottospitinmyfaceוּ֝מִפָּנַ֗יu.mi.pa.NaiH6440.

11Forhehath loosedhiscord,andafflictedme;Andtheyhavecastoffthebridlebeforeme.

12Uponmyrightיָמִין֮ya.MinH3225handH3225riseH6965therabble;TheythrustasidemyfeetH7272,AndtheycastupagainstmetheirwaysH734ofdestruction.

13TheymarmypathH5410,Theyset forwardmycalamity,Evenmenthathavenohelperעֹזֵ֣ר'o.ZerH5826.

14Asthroughawideרָחָ֣בra.ChavH7342breachכְּפֶ֣רֶץke.Fe.retzH6556theycomeיֶאֱתָ֑יוּye.'e.Ta.yuH857:Inthemidstoftheruintheyrollהִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃hit.gal.Ga.luH1556themselves uponme.

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