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Ecclesiastes 8:2-5

2I counsel theeto keepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104the king’sמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428commandmentפִּי־pi-H6310, and thatin regardדִּבְרַ֖תdiv.RatH1700of the oathשְׁבוּעַ֥תshe.vu.'AtH7621of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

3Be not hastyתִּבָּהֵ֤לti.ba.HelH926to go outH3212of his sightמִפָּנָיו֙mi.pa.NavH6440:standתַּעֲמֹ֖דta.'a.ModH5975not in an evilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingבְּדָבָ֣רbe.da.VarH1697;for he doethיַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ya.'a.SehH6213whatsoever pleasethיַחְפֹּ֖ץyach.PotzH2654him.

4Where the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of a kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is, there ispowerשִׁלְט֑וֹןshil.TonH7983:and who may sayיֹֽאמַר־yo.mar-H559unto him, What doestתַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ta.'a.SehH6213thou?

5Whoso keepethשׁוֹמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104the commandmentמִצְוָ֔הmitz.VahH4687shall feelיֵדַ֖עye.Da'H3045no evilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697:and a wise man’sחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450heartלֵ֥בlevH3820discernethיֵדַ֖עye.Da'H3045both timeוְעֵ֣תve.'EtH6256and judgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֔טu.mish.PatH4941.

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