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Job 9:11-15

11Were Heהֵ֤ןhenH2005to passיַעֲבֹ֣רya.'a.VorH5674by meעָ֭לַי'A.laiH5921,I would notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808see Himאֶרְאֶ֑ה'er.'EhH7200;were He to moveוְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ףve.ya.cha.LofH2498,I would notוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808recognizeאָבִ֥ין'a.VinH995Him.

12Ifהֵ֣ןhenH2005He takes awayיַ֭חְתֹּףYach.tofH2862,whoמִ֣יmiH4310can stop Himיְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּye.shi.Ve.nuH7725?Whoמִֽי־mi-H4310dares to askיֹאמַ֥רyo.MarH559Himאֵ֝לָ֗יו'e.LavH413, ‘Whatמַֽה־mah-H4100are You doingתַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ta.'a.SehH6213?’

13Godאֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ahH433does notלֹא־lo'-H3808restrainיָשִׁ֣יבya.ShivH7725His angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639;the helpersעֹ֣זְרֵי'O.ze.reiH5826of Rahabרָֽהַב׃Ra.havH7294cowerשָׁ֝חֲח֗וּSha.cha.ChuH7817beneath Himתַּחְתָּ֥יוta.cha.tovH8478.

14Howאַ֭ף'afH637thenכִּֽי־ki-H3588can Iאָנֹכִ֣י'a.no.KhiH595answer Himאֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ'e.'e.Ne.nuH6030or chooseאֶבְחֲרָ֖ה'ev.cha.RahH977my argumentsדְבָרַ֣יde.va.RaiH1697against Himעִמּֽוֹ׃i.MoH5973?

15Forאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834even ifאִם־'im-H518I were rightצָ֭דַקְתִּיTza.dak.tiH6663,I could notלֹ֣אlo'H3808answerאֶעֱנֶ֑ה'e.'e.NehH6030.I could only beg my Judgeלִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗יlim.sho.fe.TiH8199for mercyאֶתְחַנָּֽן׃'et.cha.NanH2603.

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