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Ecclesiastes 5:4-8

4When thou vowestH5087a vowנֶ֜דֶרNe.derH5088unto Godלֵֽאלֹהִ֗יםle.lo.HimH430,deferתְּאַחֵר֙te.'a.CherH309not to payH7999it; for he hathno pleasureחֵ֖פֶץChe.fetzH2656in foolsבַּכְּסִילִ֑יםba.ke.si.LimH3684:payH7999that which thou hast vowedH5087.

5Betterט֖וֹבTovH2896is itthat thou shouldest not vowתִדֹּ֑רti.DorH5087,than that thou shouldest vowמִשֶׁתִּדּ֖וֹרmi.shet.ti.DorH5087and not payתְשַׁלֵּֽם׃te.sha.LemH7999.

6Sufferתִּתֵּ֤ןti.TenH5414not thy mouthפִּ֙יךָ֙pi.khaH6310to cause thy fleshבְּשָׂרֶ֔ךָbe.sa.Re.khaH1320to sinלַחֲטִ֣יאla.cha.Ti'H2398;neither sayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559thou beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the angelהַמַּלְאָ֔ךְha.mal.'AkhH4397, that it wasan errorשְׁגָגָ֖הshe.ga.GahH7684:wherefore should GodH430be angryיִקְצֹ֤ףyik.TzofH7107at thy voiceקוֹלֶ֔ךָko.Le.chaH6963,and destroyוְחִבֵּ֖לve.chi.BelH2254the workמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of thine handsיָדֶֽיךָ׃ya.Dei.khaH3027?

7For in the multitudeבְרֹ֤בve.RoH7230of dreamsחֲלֹמוֹת֙cha.lo.mOtH2472and manyהַרְבֵּ֑הhar.BehH7235wordsוּדְבָרִ֖יםu.de.va.RimH1697there are also diversvanitiesוַהֲבָלִ֔יםva.ha.va.LimH1892:but fearיְרָֽא׃ye.Ra'H3372thou Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430.

8If thou seestתִּרְאֶ֣הtir.'EhH7200the oppressionעֹ֣שֶׁק'O.shekH6233of the poorרָ֠שׁrashH7326,and violentH1499perverting of judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֤טmish.PatH4941and justiceוָצֶ֙דֶק֙va.Tze.dekH6664in a provinceבַמְּדִינָ֔הva.me.di.NahH4082,marvelתִּתְמַ֖הּtit.MahH8539not at the matterהַחֵ֑פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656: for he that ishigherגָבֹ֜הַּga.Vo.ahH1364than the highestגָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ga.Vo.ahH1364regardethשֹׁמֵ֔רsho.MerH8104; and there behigherוּגְבֹהִ֖יםu.ge.vo.HimH1364than theyH5921.

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