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Job 3:20-26

20Wherefore is lightא֑וֹר'orH216givenיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414to him that is in miseryלְעָמֵ֣לle.'a.MelH6001,and lifeוְ֝חַיִּ֗יםve.chai.YimH2416unto the bitterלְמָ֣רֵיle.Ma.reiH4751insoulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315;

21Which longהַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםham.cha.KimH2442for deathלַמָּ֣וֶתla.Ma.vetH4194, but it comethnot; and digוַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּvai.yach.pe.Ru.huH2658for it more than for hid treasuresמִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃mi.mat.mo.NimH4301;

22Which rejoiceהַשְּׂמֵחִ֥יםha.se.me.ChimH8056exceedinglyגִ֑ילGilH1524, andare gladיָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּya.Si.suH7797,when they can findיִמְצְאוּ־yim.tze.'u-H4672the graveקָֽבֶר׃Ka.verH6913?

23Why is light givento a manלְ֭גֶבֶרLe.ge.verH1397whose wayדַּרְכּ֣וֹdar.KoH1870is hidנִסְתָּ֑רָהnis.Ta.rahH5641,and whom Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433hath hedged inוַיָּ֖סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526?

24For my sighingאַנְחָתִ֣י'an.cha.TiH585comethתָבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440I eatלַ֭חְמִיLach.miH3899,and my roaringsשַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃sha.'a.go.TaiH7581are poured outוַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּvai.yi.te.KhuH5413like the watersכַ֝מַּ֗יִםkha.Ma.yimH4325.

25For the thing which I greatlyפַ֣חַדFa.chadH6343fearedפָּ֭חַדְתִּיPa.chad.tiH6342is comeוַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִיvai.ye.'e.ta.Ye.niH857upon me, and that which I was afraidיָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּיya.Go.re.tiH3025of is comeיָ֣בֹאYa.vo'H935unto me.

26I was not in safetyשָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀sha.Lav.tiH7951,neither had I restשָׁקַ֥טְתִּיsha.Ka.tiH8252,neither was I quietנָ֗חְתִּיNa.che.tiH5117;yet troubleרֹֽגֶז׃ פRo.gezH7267cameוַיָּ֥בֹאvai.Ya.vo'H935.

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