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Job 16:12-17

12I was at easeשָׁ֘לֵ֤וsha.LevH7961,but he hath broken me asunderוַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִיvay.far.pe.Re.niH6565:he hath also takenוְאָחַ֣זve.'a.ChazH270meby my neckבְּ֭עָרְפִּיBe.'a.re.piH6203,and shaken me to piecesוַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִיvay.fatz.pe.Tze.niH6327,and set me upוַיְקִימֵ֥נִיvay.ki.Me.niH6965for his markלְמַטָּרָֽה׃le.ma.ta.RahH4307.

13His archersרַבָּ֗יוra.BavH7228compass me round aboutיָ֘סֹ֤בּוּya.So.buH5437,he cleavethH6398my reinsכִּ֭לְיוֹתַיKil.yo.taiH3629asunderH6398,and doth not spareיַחְמ֑וֹלyach.MolH2550;he poureth outיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.PokhH8210my gallמְרֵרָֽתִי׃me.re.Ra.tiH4845upon the groundלָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzH776.

14He breakethיִפְרְצֵ֣נִיyif.re.Tze.niH6555me with breachפֶ֭רֶץFe.retzH6556uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440breachפָ֑רֶץFa.retzH6556,he runnethיָרֻ֖ץya.RutzH7323upon me like a giantכְּגִבּֽוֹר׃ke.gi.BorH1368.

15I have sewedתָּ֭פַרְתִּיTa.far.tiH8609sackclothשַׂ֣קsakH8242upon my skinגִלְדִּ֑יgil.DiH1539,and defiledוְעֹלַ֖לְתִּיve.'o.Lal.tiH5953my hornקַרְנִֽי׃kar.NiH7161in the dustבֶעָפָ֣רve.'a.FarH6083.

16My faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440is foulחֳ֭מַרְמְרוּcho.mar.me.rahH2560with weepingבֶ֑כִיVe.khiH1065,and on my eyelidsעַפְעַפַּ֣י'af.'a.PaiH6079isthe shadow of deathצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757;

17Not for anyinjusticeחָמָ֣סcha.MasH2555in mine handsבְּכַפָּ֑יbe.kha.PaiH3709:also my prayerוּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥יu.te.fi.la.TiH8605ispureזַכָּֽה׃za.KahH2134.

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