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Job 7:1-10

1“Is notהֲלֹא־ha.lo'-H3808manלֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁle.'e.No.oshH582consigned to laborצָבָ֣אtza.Va'H6635onעֲלֵיal-H5921earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?Are not his daysוְכִימֵ֖יve.khi.MeiH3117like thoseיָמָֽיו׃ya.MavH3117of a hired handשָׂכִ֣ירsa.KhirH7916?

2Like a slaveכְּעֶ֥בֶדke.'E.vedH5650he longs forיִשְׁאַף־yish.'af-H7602shadeצֵ֑לTzelH6738;like a hirelingוּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗ירu.khe.sa.KhirH7916he waits forיְקַוֶּ֥הye.ka.VehH6960his wagesפָעֳלֽוֹ׃fo.'o.LoH6467.

3Soכֵּ֤ןkenH3651I am allottedהָנְחַ֣לְתִּיha.ne.Chal.tiH5157monthsיַרְחֵי־yar.chei-H3391of futilityשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723,and nightsוְלֵיל֥וֹתve.lei.LotH3915of miseryעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999are appointedמִנּוּ־mi.nu-H4487to me.

4Whenאִם־'im-H518I lie downשָׁכַ֗בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiH7901I thinkוְאָמַ֗רְתִּיve.'a.Mar.tiH559: ‘Whenמָתַ֣יma.TaiH4970will I get upאָ֭קוּם'A.kumH6965?’But the nightעָ֑רֶב'A.revH6153drags onוּמִדַּד־u.mi.dad-H4058,and I toss and turnוְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣יםve.sa.Va'.ti ne.du.DimH7646 H5076untilעֲדֵי־'a.dei-H5704dawnנָֽשֶׁף׃Na.shefH5399.

5My fleshבְּשָׂרִ֣יbe.sa.RiH1320is clothedלָ֘בַ֤שׁla.VashH3847with wormsרִ֭מָּהRi.mahH7415and encrustedוְג֣וּשׁve.gishH1487with dirtעָפָ֑ר'a.FarH6083;my skinעוֹרִ֥יo.RiH5785is crackedרָ֝גַ֗עra.Ga'H7280and festeringוַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃vai.yi.ma.'EsH3988.

6My daysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117are swifterקַ֭לּוּKa.luH7043thanמִנִּי־mi.ni-H4480a weaver’s shuttleאָ֑רֶג'A.regH708;they come to an endוַ֝יִּכְל֗וּvai.yikh.LuH3615withoutבְּאֶ֣פֶסbe.'E.fesH657hopeתִּקְוָֽה׃tik.VahH8615.

7Rememberזְ֭כֹרZe.khorH2142thatכִּי־ki-H3588my lifeחַיָּ֑יchai.YaiH2416is but a breathר֣וּחַRu.achH7307.My eyesעֵ֝ינִ֗י'ei.NiH5869will neverלֹא־lo'-H3808againתָשׁ֥וּבta.ShuvH7725seeלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200happinessטֽוֹב׃TovH2896.

8The eyeעֵ֣ין'einH5869that beholds meרֹ֑אִיRo.'iH7210will noלֹֽא־lo'-H3808longer see meתְ֭שׁוּרֵנִיTe.shu.re.niH7789.You will lookעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869for me,but I will be no moreוְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ve.'ei.Ne.niH369.

9As a cloudעָ֭נָן'A.nonH6051vanishesכָּלָ֣הka.LahH3615and is goneוַיֵּלַ֑ךְvai.ye.LakhH1980,soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651he who goes downיוֹרֵ֥דyo.RedH3381to Sheolשְׁ֝א֗וֹלShe.olH7585does notלֹ֣אlo'H3808come back upיַעֲלֶֽה׃ya.'a.LehH5927.

10He neverלֹא־ ע֣וֹדlo'- odH3808 H5750returnsיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725to his houseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004;his placeמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725וְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808remembers himיַכִּירֶ֖נּוּya.ki.Re.nuH5234no moreע֣וֹדodH5750.

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