4Whereאֵיפֹ֣ה'ei.FohH375wast thou when I laid the foundationsבְּיָסְדִי־be.ya.se.di-H3245of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046,if thou hastיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.
5Who hath laidשָׂ֣םsamH7760the measuresמְ֭מַדֶּיהָMe.ma.dei.haH4461thereof, if thou knowestתֵדָ֑עte.Da'H3045?or who hath stretchedנָטָ֖הna.TahH5186the lineקָּֽו׃KavH6957upon it?
6Whereupon are the foundationsאֲדָנֶ֣יהָ'a.da.Nei.haH134thereof fastenedהָטְבָּ֑עוּha.te.Ba.'uH2883?or who laidיָ֝רָ֗הya.RahH3384the cornerפִּנָּתָֽהּ׃pi.na.TahH6438stoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68thereof;
7When the morningבֹ֑קֶרVo.kerH1242starsכּ֣וֹכְבֵיKokh.veiH3556sangבְּרָן־be.ron-H7442togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162,and all the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430shoutedוַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321for joy?
8Or whoshut upוַיָּ֣סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526the seaיָ֑םYamH3220with doorsבִּדְלָתַ֣יִםbid.la.Ta.yimH1817,when it brake forthבְּ֝גִיח֗וֹbe.gi.ChoH1518, as ifit had issued outיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318of the wombמֵרֶ֥חֶםme.Re.chemH7358?
9When I madeבְּשׂוּמִ֣יbe.su.MiH7760the cloudעָנָ֣ן'a.NanH6051the garmentלְבֻשׁ֑וֹle.vu.ShoH3830thereof, and thick darknessוַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗לva.'a.ra.FelH6205a swaddlingbandחֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃cha.tu.la.ToH2854for it,
10And brake upוָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רva.'esh.BorH7665for it my decreedחֻקִּ֑יchu.KiH2706place,and setוָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםva.'a.SimH7760barsבְּרִ֣יחַbe.Ri.achH1280and doorsוּדְלָתָֽיִם׃u.de.la.Ta.yimH1817,
11And saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559,Hithertoעַד־'ad-H6311H5704shalt thou comeתָ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935,but no furtherתֹסִ֑יףto.SifH3254:and here shall thy proudבִּגְא֥וֹןbig.'onH1347wavesגַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ga.Lei.khaH1530be stayedיָ֝שִׁ֗יתya.ShitH7896?
13That it might take holdלֶ֭אֱחֹזLe.'e.chozH270of the endsבְּכַנְפ֣וֹתbe.khan.FotH3671of the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,that the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563might be shaken outוְיִנָּעֲר֖וּve.yi.na.'a.RuH5287of it?
14It is turnedתִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְTit.ha.pekhH2015as clayכְּחֹ֣מֶרke.Cho.merH2563tothe sealחוֹתָ֑םcho.TamH2368;and they standוְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּve.yit.ya.tze.VuH3320as a garmentלְבֽוּשׁ׃le.VushH3830.
15And from the wickedמֵרְשָׁעִ֣יםme.re.sha.'ImH7563their lightאוֹרָ֑ם'o.RamH216is withholdenוְיִמָּנַ֣עve.yi.ma.Na'H4513,and the highרָ֝מָ֗הra.MahH7311armוּזְר֥וֹעַu.ze.Ro.a'H2220shall be brokenתִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ti.sha.VerH7665.
16Hast thou enteredהֲ֭בָאתָHa.va.taH935into the springsנִבְכֵי־niv.khei-H5033of the seaיָ֑םYamH3220?or hast thou walkedהִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃hit.ha.La.khe.taH1980in the searchוּבְחֵ֥קֶרu.ve.Che.kerH2714of the depthתְּ֝ה֗וֹםte.HomH8415?
17Have the gatesשַׁעֲרֵי־sha.'a.rei-H8179of deathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194been openedהֲנִגְל֣וּha.nig.LuH1540unto thee? or hast thou seenתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200the doorsוְשַׁעֲרֵ֖יve.sha.'a.ReiH8179of the shadow of deathצַלְמָ֣וֶתtzal.Ma.vetH6757?
18Hast thou perceivedהִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּHit.bo.nan.taH995the breadthרַחֲבֵי־ra.cha.vei-H7338of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046if thou knowestיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045it all.
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