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Job 9:16-35

16IfIhadcalledקָרָ֥אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121,andhehadansweredוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִיvai.ya.'a.Ne.niH6030me,Iwouldnotbelieveאַ֝אֲמִ֗ין'a.'a.MinH539thathehearkenedtomyvoiceקוֹלִֽי׃ko.LiH6963, —

17He,whocrushethmewithatempest,andmultipliethmywoundsפְצָעַ֣יfe.tza.'AiH6482withoutcauseחִנָּֽם׃chi.NamH2600.

18Hesufferethmenottotakemybreathרוּחִ֑יru.ChiH7307,forhefillethmewithbitternesses.

19BeitaquestionofstrengthH3581,lo, [heis]strong;andbeitofjudgmentH4941,whowillsetH3259meatime?

20IfIjustifiedH6663myself, mine ownmouthפִּ֣יpiH6310wouldcondemnיַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיyar.shi.'E.niH7561me; wereIperfectH8535,hewould provemeperverse.

21WereIperfectH8535, [yet]wouldInotknowאֵדַ֥ע'e.Da'H3045mysoulH5315:IwoulddespisemylifeH5315.

22Itisalloneאַחַ֗ת'a.ChatH259;thereforeH3651Isaidאָמַ֑רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,hedestroyeththeperfectH8535andthewickedוְ֝רָשָׁ֗עve.ra.Sha'H7563.

23Ifthescourgeשׁ֭וֹטShotH7752killH4191suddenlyפִּתְאֹ֑םpit.'OmH6597,hemockethatthetrialoftheinnocentנְקִיִּ֣םne.ki.YimH5355.

24TheearthH776isgivenH5414overintothehandבְֽיַד־ve.yad-H3027ofthewickedרָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563[man];hecovereththefacesפְּנֵֽי־pe.nei-H6440ofitsjudgesH8199.Ifnot,whothenאֵפ֣וֹא'e.Fo'H645isit?

25Andmydaysוְיָמַ֣יve.ya.MaiH3117areswifterthanarunnerרָ֑ץRatzH7323:theyfleeH1272awayH1272,theyseeH7200nogoodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896.

26Theypassbylikeskiffsofreed; asaneagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404thatswoopsupontheprey.

27IfIsayאָ֭מְרִי'A.me.riH559,Iwillforgetאֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה'esh.ke.ChahH7911mycomplaintשִׂיחִ֑יsi.ChiH7879,IwillleaveH5800offmy[sad]countenance,andbrighten up,

28IamafraidH3025ofallmysorrowsH6094;Iknowיָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045thatthou wiltnotholdmeinnocent.

29BeitthatIamwicked,whyלָמָּה־la.mah-H4100thendoIlabourinvain?

30IfIwashedהִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּיhit.ra.Chatz.tiH7364myselfwithsnow-water,andcleansedmyhandsכַּפָּֽי׃ka.PaiH3709inpurity,

31Thenאָ֭ז'azH227wouldest thouplungemeintheditch,andmine ownclothesשַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃sal.mo.TaiH8008wouldabhorוְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִיve.ti.'a.Vu.niH8581me.

32ForheisnotamanH376,asIam,thatIshouldanswerאֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ'e.'e.Ne.nuH6030him;thatweshouldcomeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935togetherיַ֝חְדָּ֗וyach.DavH3162injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941.

33Thereisnotanumpirebetweenus,whoshouldlayhishandיָד֣וֹya.DoH3027uponusboth.

34Lethimtakehisrodשִׁבְט֑וֹshiv.ToH7626awayH5493fromme,andletnothisterrorH367makemeafraid,

35[Then]Iwillspeakאַֽ֭דַבְּרָה'A.da.be.rahH1696,andnotfearאִירָאֶ֑נּוּ'i.ra.'E.nuH3372him;butitisnotsoH3651withme.

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