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Job 5:8-20

8I would seekאוּלָ֗ם אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ'u.Lam 'ed.RoshH1875 H199unto Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410,and unto Godאֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430would I commitאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760my causeדִּבְרָתִֽי׃div.ra.TiH1700:

9Which doethעֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.SehH6213great thingsגְ֭דֹלוֹתGe.do.lotH1419and unsearchableחֵ֑קֶרChe.kerH2714 H369;marvellous thingsנִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otH6381without numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557:

10Who givethהַנֹּתֵ֣ןha.no.TenH5414rainמָ֭טָרMa.torH4306uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,and sendethוְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַve.Sho.le.achH7971watersמַ֝יִםMa.yimH4325uponפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440the fieldsחוּצֽוֹת׃chu.TzotH2351:

11To set upלָשׂ֣וּםla.SumH7760on highלְמָר֑וֹםle.ma.RomH4791those that be lowשְׁפָלִ֣יםshe.fa.LimH8217;that those which mournוְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםve.ko.de.RimH6937may be exaltedשָׂ֣גְבוּSa.ge.vuH7682to safetyיֶֽשַׁע׃Ye.sha'H3468.

12He disappointethמֵ֭פֵרMe.ferH6565the devicesמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284of the craftyעֲרוּמִ֑ים'a.ru.MimH6175,so that their handsיְ֝דֵיהֶ֗םye.dei.HemH3027cannot performתַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָהta.'a.Sei.nahH6213theirenterpriseתּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃tu.shi.YahH8454.

13He takethלֹכֵ֣דlo.KhedH3920the wiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450in their own craftinessH6193:and the counselוַעֲצַ֖תva.'a.TzatH6098of the frowardנִפְתָּלִ֣יםnif.ta.LimH6617is carried headlongנִמְהָֽרָה׃nim.Ha.rahH4116.

14They meetיְפַגְּשׁוּ־ye.fa.ge.shu-H6298with darknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822in the daytimeיוֹמָ֥םyo.MamH3119,and gropeיְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּye.mash.ShuH4959in the noondayבַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃Va.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672as in the nightוְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָהve.kha.Lay.lahH3915.

15But he savethוַיֹּ֣שַׁעvai.Yo.sha'H3467the poorאֶבְיֽוֹן׃'ev.YonH34from the swordמֵ֭חֶרֶבMe.che.revH2719,from their mouthמִפִּיהֶ֑םmi.pi.HemH6310,and from the handוּמִיַּ֖דu.mi.YadH3027of the mightyחָזָ֣קcha.ZakH2389.

16So the poorלַדַּ֣לla.DalH1800hath hopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615,and iniquityוְ֝עֹלָ֗תָהve.'o.La.tahH5766stoppethקָ֣פְצָהKa.fe.tzahH7092her mouthפִּֽיהָ׃Pi.haH6310.

17Behold, happyאַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.ReiH835isthe manאֱ֭נוֹשׁ'E.no.oshH582whom Godאֱל֑וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433correctethיוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּyo.khi.Che.nuH3198:therefore despiseתִּמְאָֽס׃tim.'AsH3988not thou the chasteningוּמוּסַ֥רu.mu.SarH4148of the Almightyשַׁ֝דַּ֗יSha.DaiH7706:

18For he maketh soreיַכְאִ֣יבyakh.'IvH3510,and bindeth upוְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁve.yech.BashH2280:he woundethיִ֝מְחַ֗ץyim.ChatzH4272,and his handsוְיָדָ֥יוve.ya.dovH3027make wholeתִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃tir.Pei.nahH7495.

19He shall deliverיַצִּילֶ֑ךָּya.tzi.Le.kaH5337thee in sixבְּשֵׁ֣שׁbe.SheshH8337troublesצָ֭רוֹתTza.rotH6869:yea, in sevenוּבְשֶׁ֓בַע׀u.ve.She.va'H7651there shall no evilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451touchיִגַּ֖עyi.Ga'H5060thee.

20In famineבְּ֭רָעָבbe.ra.'oH7458he shall redeemפָּֽדְךָ֣pa.de.KhaH6299thee from deathמִמָּ֑וֶתmi.Ma.vetH4194:and in warוּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗הu.ve.mil.cha.MahH4421from the powerמִ֣ידֵיMi.deiH3027of the swordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

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