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Job 29:21-25

21Men listenedשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085to mewith expectationוְיִחֵ֑לּוּve.yi.Che.luH3176,waiting silentlyוְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּve.yi.de.MuH1826forלְמ֣וֹle.MoH3926my counselעֲצָתִֽי׃'a.tza.TiH6098.

22Afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310my wordsדְ֭בָרִיDe.va.riH1697,they spokeיִשְׁנ֑וּyish.NuH8138no moreלֹ֣אlo'H3808;my speechמִלָּתִֽי׃mi.la.TiH4405settledתִּטֹּ֥ףti.TofH5197on them like dewוְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹve.'a.Lei.movH5921.

23They waitedוְיִֽחֲל֣וּve.yi.cha.LuH3176for me as for rainכַמָּטָ֣רkha.ma.TarH4306and drank in my wordsוּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּu.fi.Hem pa.'a.RuH6473 H6310like spring showersלְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃le.mal.Ko.oshH4456.

24If I smiledאֶשְׂחַ֣ק'es.ChakH7832at themאֲ֭לֵהֶם'A.le.hemH413,they did notלֹ֣אlo'H3808believe itיַאֲמִ֑ינוּya.'a.Mi.nuH539;the lightוְא֥וֹרve.'orH216of my countenanceפָּ֝נַ֗יpa.NaiH6440was preciousלֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּן׃lo' ya.pi.LunH3808 H5307.

25I choseאֶֽבֲחַ֣ר'e.va.CharH977their courseדַּרְכָּם֮dar.KamH1870and presidedוְאֵשֵׁ֪בve.'e.ShevH3427as chiefרֹ֥אשׁroshH7218.So I dweltוְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹןVe.'esh.konH7931as a kingכְּמֶ֣לֶךְke.Me.lekhH4428among his troopsבַּגְּד֑וּדba.ge.DudH1416,as a comforterכַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר יְנַחֵֽם׃ka.'a.Sher ye.na.ChemH834 H5162of the mournersאֲבֵלִ֣ים'a.ve.LimH57.

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