2“If one venturesהֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.SahH5254a wordדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697with youאֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413,will you be weariedתִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'EhH3811?Yet whoמִ֣יmiH4310canיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201keepוַעְצֹ֥רva'.TzorH6113from speakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.LinH4405?
3Surelyהִ֭נֵּהHi.nehH2009you have instructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227,and have strengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388their feebleרָפ֣וֹתra.FotH7504handsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027.
4Your wordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405have steadiedיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965those who stumbledכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782;you have bracedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃te.'a.MetzH553the kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290that were bucklingכֹּרְע֣וֹתko.re.'otH3766.
5Butכִּ֤יkiH3588nowעַתָּ֨ה׀'a.TahH6258troublehas comeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935upon youאֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413,and you are wearyוַתֵּ֑לֶאva.Te.le'H3811.It strikes youתִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָti.Ga' 'a.Dei.khaH5060H5704,and you are dismayedוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃va.ti.ba.HelH926.
6Is your reverenceיִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.khaH3374notהֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'H3808your confidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690,and the uprightnessוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of your waysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870your hopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615?
7Considerזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142now, I pleadנָ֗אNa'H4994:Whoמִ֤יmiH4310ה֣וּאhu'H1931,being innocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355,has ever perishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6?Or whereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375have the uprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477been destroyedנִכְחָֽדוּ׃ni.Kha.duH3582?
8Asכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834I have observedרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200,those who plowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205and those who sowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232troubleעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999reap the sameיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114.
9By the breathמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.MatH5397of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433they perishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6,and by the blastוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307of His angerאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639they are consumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615.
10The lionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738may roarשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581,and the fierce lionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826may growlוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963,yet the teethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of the young lionsכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715are brokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.
11The old lionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishesאֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH6for lackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097of preyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964,and the cubsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121of the lionessלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833are scatteredיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504.
12Now a wordדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697came to meוְ֭אֵלַיVe.'e.laiH413secretlyיְגֻנָּ֑בye.gu.NavH1589;my earsאָ֝זְנִ֗י'a.ze.NiH241caughtוַתִּקַּ֥חva.ti.KachH3947a whisperשֵׁ֣מֶץShe.metzH8102of itמֶֽנְהֽוּ׃Men.HuH4480.
13In disquietingבִּ֭שְׂעִפִּיםBis.'i.pimH5587visionsמֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹתme.chez.yo.NotH2384in the nightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915,when deep sleepתַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtar.de.MahH8639fallsבִּנְפֹ֥לbin.FolH5307onעַל־'al-H5921menאֲנָשִֽׁים׃'a.na.ShimH582,
14fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343and tremblingוּרְעָדָ֑הu.re.'a.DahH7461came over meקְ֭רָאַנִיKe.ra.'a.niH7122and made allוְרֹ֖בve.RoH7230my bonesעַצְמוֹתַ֣יatz.mo.TaiH6106shudderהִפְחִֽיד׃hif.ChidH6342.
15Then a spiritוְ֭רוּחַVe.Ru.achH7307glidedיַחֲלֹ֑ףya.cha.LofH2498pastעַל־'al-H5921my faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440, andthe hairשַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsa.'a.RatH8185on my bodyבְּשָׂרִֽי׃be.sa.RiH1320bristledתְּ֝סַמֵּ֗רte.sa.MerH5568.
16It stood stillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya.'a.ModH5975,but I could notוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808discernאַכִּ֬יר'a.KirH5234its appearanceמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar.'E.huH4758;a formתְּ֭מוּנָהTe.mu.nahH8544loomed beforeלְנֶ֣גֶדle.Ne.gedH5048my eyesעֵינָ֑י'ei.NaiH5869,and I heardאֶשְׁמָֽע׃'esh.Ma'H8085a whisperingדְּמָמָ֖הde.ma.MahH1827voiceוָק֣וֹלva.KolH6963:
17‘Can a mortalהַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁHa.'e.no.oshH582be more righteousיִצְדָּ֑קyitz.DakH6663than Godמֵאֱל֣וֹהַme.'e.Lo.haH433,orאִ֥ם'imH518a manגָּֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397more pureיִטְהַר־yit.har-H2891than his Makerמֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּme.'o.Se.huH6213?
18Ifהֵ֣ןhenH2005God puts noלֹ֣אlo'H3808trustיַאֲמִ֑יןya.'a.MinH539in His servantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוBa.'a.va.davH5650,and He chargesיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760His angelsוּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יוu.ve.mal.'a.KhavH4397with errorתָּהֳלָֽה׃to.ho.LahH8417,
19how much moreאַ֤ף׀'afH637those who dwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יsho.khe.NeiH7931in housesבָֽתֵּי־va.tei-H1004of clayחֹ֗מֶרCho.merH2563,whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834foundationsיְסוֹדָ֑םye.so.DamH3247are in the dustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe.'a.FarH6083,who can be crushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־ye.da.ke.'Um lif.nei-H1792H6440like a mothעָֽשׁ׃'AshH6211!
20They are smashed to piecesיֻכַּ֑תּוּyu.Ka.tuH3807from dawnמִבֹּ֣קֶרmi.Bo.kerH1242to duskלָעֶ֣רֶבla.'E.revH6153;unnoticedמִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗יםmi.be.Li me.SimH1097H7760,they perishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6foreverלָנֶ֥צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331.
21Are not their tent cordsיִתְרָ֣םyit.RamH3499הֲלֹא־ha.lo'-H3808pulled upנִסַּ֣עni.Sa'H5265,so that they dieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191withoutוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808wisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451?’
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