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Job 4:1-11

1Then Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464the Temaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יha.tei.ma.NiH8489answeredוַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2Ifwe assayהֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.SahH5254to communeדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697with thee, wilt thou be grievedתִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'EhH3811?but who canיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201withholdוַעְצֹ֥רva'.TzorH6113himself from speakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.LinH4405?

3Behold, thou hast instructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227,and thou hast strengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388the weakרָפ֣וֹתra.FotH7504handsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027.

4Thy wordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405have upholdenיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965him that was fallingכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782,and thou hast strengthenedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃te.'a.MetzH553the feebleכֹּרְע֣וֹתko.re.'otH3766kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290.

5But now it is comeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935upon thee, and thou faintestוַתֵּ֑לֶאva.Te.le'H3811;it touchethתִּגַּ֥עti.Ga'H5060thee, and thou art troubledוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃va.ti.ba.HelH926.

6Is not thisthy fearיִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.khaH3374,thy confidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690,thy hopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615,and the uprightnessוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of thy waysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870?

7Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142, I pray thee, who everperishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6,being innocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355?or whereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375were the righteousיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477cut offנִכְחָֽדוּ׃ni.Kha.duH3582?

8Even as I have seenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200,they that plowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205,and sowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232wickednessעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999,reapיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114the same.

9By the blastמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.MatH5397of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433they perishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6,and by the breathוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307of his nostrilsאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639are they consumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615.

10The roaringשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581of the lionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738,and the voiceוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of the fierce lionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826,and the teethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of the young lionsכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715,are brokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.

11The old lionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishethאֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH6for lackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097of preyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964,and the stout lion’sלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833whelpsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121are scattered abroadיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504.

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