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Job 9:25-35

25Nowmydaysוְיָמַ֣יve.ya.MaiH3117areswifterthanapost:TheyfleeH1272awayH1272,theyseeH7200nogoodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896.

26TheyarepassedH2498awayastheswiftshipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591; Astheeagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404thatswoopethontheprey.

27IfIsayאָ֭מְרִי'A.me.riH559,Iwillforgetאֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה'esh.ke.ChahH7911mycomplaintשִׂיחִ֑יsi.ChiH7879,Iwillput offmysadcountenance,andbeofgoodcheer;

28IamafraidH3025ofallmysorrowsH6094,Iknowיָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045thatthou wiltnotholdmeinnocent.

29IshallbecondemnedH7561;Whyלָמָּה־la.mah-H4100thendoIlaborאִיגָֽע׃'i.Ga'H3021invain?

30IfIwashהִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּיhit.ra.Chatz.tiH7364myselfwithsnowשָׁ֑לֶגSha.legH7950water,Andmakemyhandsכַּפָּֽי׃ka.PaiH3709neverso clean;

31Yetwilt thouplungemeintheditch,Andmine ownclothesשַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃sal.mo.TaiH8008shallabhorוְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִיve.ti.'a.Vu.niH8581me.

32ForheisnotamanH376,asIam,thatIshouldanswerאֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ'e.'e.Ne.nuH6030him,Thatweshouldcomeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935togetherיַ֝חְדָּ֗וyach.DavH3162injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941.

33Thereisnoumpirebetwixtus,Thatmightlayhishandיָד֣וֹya.DoH3027uponusboth.

34Lethimtakehisrodשִׁבְט֑וֹshiv.ToH7626awayH5493fromme,AndletnothisterrorH367makemeafraid:

35ThenwouldIspeakאַֽ֭דַבְּרָה'A.da.be.rahH1696,andnotfearאִירָאֶ֑נּוּ'i.ra.'E.nuH3372him;ForIamnotsoH3651inmyself.

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