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Job 34:16-30

16Ifnow[thou hast]understandingבִּ֥ינָהBi.nahH998,hearשִׁמְעָה־shim.'ah-H8085this:giveהַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָהha.'a.Zi.nahH238earH238tothevoiceH6963ofmywordsמִלָּֽי׃mi.LaiH4405!

17ShouldhethathatethrightH4941indeedH637govern?andwilt thoucondemnתַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃tar.Shi.a'H7561theAll-just?

18Shallonesayהַאֲמֹ֣רha.'a.MorH559toakingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428, Belial?tonoblesנְדִיבִֽים׃ne.di.VimH5081,Wickedרָ֝שָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563?

19[Howthentohim]thatacceptethnotthepersonsofprincesH8269,norregardeththerichmanmorethanthepoorדָ֑לDalH1800?fortheyarealltheworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639ofhishandsיָדָ֣יוya.DavH3027.

20Inamomentרֶ֤גַע׀Re.ga'H7281theydieיָמֻתוּ֮ya.mu.TuH4191,evenatmidnightthepeopleעָ֣ם'amH5971areconvulsedandpassוְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּve.ya.'a.Vo.ruH5674awayH5493;andthestrongaretakenawayH5493withouthandבְיָֽד׃ve.YadH3027.

21Forhiseyesעֵ֭ינָיו'Ei.navH5869areuponthewaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofmanH376,andheseethallhisstepsצְעָדָ֥יוtze.'a.DavH6806.

22Thereisnodarknessחֹ֭שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,norshadowofdeath,wheretheworkersofiniquitymayhideלְהִסָּ֥תֶרle.hi.Sa.terH5641themselves.

23ForhedothnotlongconsideramanH376,tobringhimbeforeGodאֵ֝֗ל'ElH410injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941.

24Hebreakethinpiecesmightyכַּבִּירִ֣יםka.bi.RimH3524menwithoutinquiryחֵ֑קֶרChe.kerH2714,andsettethothersאֲחֵרִ֣ים'a.che.RimH312intheirstead;

25Sinceheknoweththeiractions;andheoverthroweth [them]inthenightלַ֝֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915,andtheyarecrushedוְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃ve.yid.da.Ka.'uH1792.

26Hestrikeththemaswickedרְשָׁעִ֥יםre.sha.'ImH7563menintheopen sightofothers,

27Becausetheyhaveturnedסָ֣רוּSa.ruH5493backfromhim,andwouldconsiderהִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃his.Ki.luH7919noneofhiswaysדְּ֝רָכָ֗יוde.ra.KhavH1870;

28SothattheycausethecryH6818ofthepoorH6041tocomeלְהָבִ֣יאle.ha.Vi'H935untohim,andheheareththecryH6818oftheafflictedעֲנִיִּ֣ים'a.ni.YimH6041.

29WhenhegivethquietnessH8252,whothenwilldisturb?andwhenhehideth [his]faceפָּ֭נִיםPa.nimH6440,whoshallbeholdhim?andthistowardsanationגּ֖וֹיGoyH1471,ortowardsamanH120alikeיָֽחַד׃Ya.chadH3162;

30ThattheungodlymanH120reignמִ֭מְּלֹךְMi.me.lokhH4427not, thatthepeopleעָֽם׃'AmH5971be notensnared.

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