2Hecomethforthיָ֭צָאYa.tza'H3318likeaflowerכְּצִ֣יץke.TzitzH6731,andiscut down;andhefleethasashadowכַּ֝צֵּ֗לka.TzelH6738,andcontinuethnot. 3Yetdost thouopenפָּקַ֣חְתָּpa.Kach.taH6491thineeyesעֵינֶ֑ךָ'ei.Ne.khaH5869uponsuchaoneH2088,andbringestmeintojudgmentבְמִשְׁפָּ֣טve.mish.PatH4941withthee? 4Whocanbringacleanטָ֭הוֹרTa.horH2889[man] outoftheuncleanמִטָּמֵ֗אmi.ta.Me'H2931?Notoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259! 5Ifhisdaysיָמָ֗יוya.MavH3117aredetermined,ifthenumberמִֽסְפַּר־mis.par-H4557ofhismonthsחֳדָשָׁ֥יוcho.da.ShavH2320iswiththee, [and] thou hastappointedhisbounds whichhemustnotpassיַעֲבֽוֹר׃ya.'a.VorH5674, 6Lookשְׁעֵ֣הshe.'EhH8159awayH8159fromhim;andlethimrest,tillheaccomplish,asahireling,hisdayיוֹמֽוֹ׃yo.MoH3117. 7Forthereishopeתִּ֫קְוָ֥הtik.VahH8615foratreeלָעֵ֗ץla.'EtzH6086:ifitbecutיִ֭כָּרֵתYi.ka.retH3772down,itwillsproutH2498againוְע֣וֹדve.'odH5750,anditstenderbranchwillnotceaseH2308; 8Thoughitsrootשָׁרְשׁ֑וֹsha.re.ShoH8328growoldיַזְקִ֣יןyaz.KinH2204intheearthH776,anditsstockdieיָמ֥וּתya.MutH4191inthegroundבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776, 9Yet throughthescentofwaterמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325itwillbudיַפְרִ֑חַyaf.Ri.achH6524,andput forth boughslikeayoungplant. 10ButamanH120dieth,andisprostrate; yea,manH120expireth,andwhereH346ishe? 11Thewatersמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325recedefromthelake,andtheriverוְ֝נָהָ֗רve.na.HarH5104wastethanddriethup: 12SomanH376liethdownשָׁכַ֗בsha.KhavH7901,andrisethnotagain;tilltheheavensשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064benomore,theydonotawakeH5782,norareraisedH6965outoftheirsleepמִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃mi.she.na.TamH8142. 13Ohthatthou wouldesthideH5641meinSheolבִּשְׁא֬וֹלbish.'olH7585,thatthou wouldestkeepmesecretuntilthineangerאַפֶּ֑ךָ'a.Pe.khaH639bepast,thatthou wouldestappointmeasetH5414time,andrememberוְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ve.tiz.ke.Re.niH2142me, — 14(Ifamanגֶּ֗בֶרGe.verH1397dieיָמ֥וּתya.MutH4191,shallheliveהֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥הha.Yich.YehH2421[again]?)allthedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofmytimeoftoilwouldIwaitאֲיַחֵ֑ל'a.ya.ChelH3176,tillmychangeshouldcomeH935: 15Thou wouldestcallתִּ֭קְרָאTik.ra'H7121,andIwouldanswerאֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ'e.'e.Ne.kaH6030thee; thou wouldesthaveadesire aftertheworkלְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖הle.ma.'a.SehH4639ofthyhandsיָדֶ֣יךָya.Dei.khaH3027. 16Fornowעַ֭תָּה'A.tahH6258thou numberestmystepsצְעָדַ֣יtze.'a.DaiH6806: dost thounotwatchתִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹרtish.MorH8104overmysinחַטָּאתִֽי׃cha.ta.TiH2403? 17Mytransgressionפִּשְׁעִ֑יpish.'IH6588issealedחָתֻ֣םcha.TumH2856upinabagבִּצְר֣וֹרbitz.RorH6872,andthou heapestupmineiniquityעֲוֹנִֽי׃'a.vo.NiH5771. 18Andindeedamountainהַר־har-H2022fallingנוֹפֵ֣לno.FelH5307comethtonought,andtherockוְ֝צ֗וּרve.TzurH6697isremovedoutofitsplaceמִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725; 19Thewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325wearthestonesH68,thefloods thereofwashH7857awaythedustעֲפַר־'a.far-H6083oftheearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776;andthou destroyestthehopeוְתִקְוַ֖תve.tik.VatH8615ofman. 20Thou prevailestforeveragainsthim,andhepassethawayוַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃Va.te.sha.le.Che.huH7971; thou changesthiscountenance,anddismissesthim. 21Hissonsבָ֭נָיוVa.navH1121cometohonour,andheknowethitnot;andtheyarebrought low,andheperceivethitnot. 22Buthisfleshבְּ֭שָׂרוֹbe.sa.roH1320hathpainיִכְאָ֑בyikh.'AvH3510forhimselfalone,andhissoulH5315mournethforhimself. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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