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Job 7:11-21

11Therefore I will not refrainאֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ'e.che.SakhH2820my mouthפִּ֥יpiH6310;I will speakאֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה'aDa.be.rahH1696in the anguishבְּצַ֣רbe.TzarH6862of my spiritרוּחִ֑יru.ChiH7307;I will complainאָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה'a.Si.chahH7878in the bitternessבְּמַ֣רbe.MarH4751of my soulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315.

12AmI a seaהֲֽיָם־hayam-H3220,or a whaleתַּנִּ֑יןta.NinH8577,that thou settestתָשִׂ֖יםta.SimH7760a watchמִשְׁמָֽר׃mish.MarH4929over me?

13When I sayאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559,My bedעַרְשִׂ֑י'ar.SiH6210shall comfortתְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִיte.na.cha.Me.niH5162me, my couchמִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃mish.ka.ViH4904shall easeיִשָּׂ֥אyi.Sa'H5375my complaintבְ֝שִׂיחִ֗יve.si.ChiH7879;

14Then thou scarestוְחִתַּתַּ֥נִיve.chit.ta.Ta.niH2865me with dreamsבַחֲלֹמ֑וֹתva.cha.lo.MotH2472,and terrifiestתְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃te.va.'a.Ta.niH1204me through visionsוּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹתu.me.chez.yo.NotH2384:

15So that my soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315choosethוַתִּבְחַ֣רva.tiv.CharH977stranglingמַחֲנָ֣קma.cha.NakH4267, anddeathמָ֝֗וֶתMa.vetH4194rather than my lifeמֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃Me.'atz.mo.TaiH6106.

16I loatheמָ֭אַסְתִּיMa.'as.tiH3988it;I would not liveאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה'ech.YehH2421alwayלְעֹלָ֣םle.'o.LamH5769:let me aloneחֲדַ֥לcha.DalH2308;for my daysיָמָֽי׃ya.MaiH3117arevanityהֶ֥בֶלHe.velH1892.

17What ismanאֱ֭נוֹשׁ'E.no.oshH582,that thou shouldest magnifyתְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּte.gad.de.Le.nuH1431him? and that thou shouldest setתָשִׁ֖יתta.ShitH7896thine heartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820upon him?

18And thatthou shouldest visitוַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּva.tif.ke.De.nuH6485him every morningלִבְקָרִ֑יםliv.ka.RimH1242, andtryתִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃tiv.cha.Ne.nuH974him every momentלִ֝רְגָעִ֗יםlir.ga.'ImH7281?

19How longכַּ֭מָּהKa.mahH4100wilt thou not departתִשְׁעֶ֣הtish.'EhH8159from me, nor let me aloneתַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִיtar.Pe.niH7503till I swallow downבִּלְעִ֥יbil.'IH1104my spittleרֻקִּֽי׃ru.KiH7536?

20I have sinnedחָטָ֡אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398;what shall I doאֶפְעַ֨ל׀'ef.'AlH6466unto thee, O thou preserverנֹצֵ֪רno.TzerH5341of menהָאָ֫דָ֥םha.'A.DamH120?why hast thou setשַׂמְתַּ֣נִיsam.Ta.niH7760me as a markלְמִפְגָּ֣עle.mif.Ga'H4645against thee, so that I am a burdenלְמַשָּֽׂא׃le.ma.Sa'H4853to myself?

21And why dost thou not pardonתִשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375my transgressionפִשְׁעִי֮fish.'IH6588,and take awayוְתַעֲבִ֪ירve.ta.'a.VirH5674mine iniquityעֲוֹ֫נִ֥י'a.Vo.NiH5771?for now shall I sleepאֶשְׁכָּ֑ב'esh.KavH7901in the dustלֶעָפָ֣רle.'a.FarH6083;and thou shalt seek me in the morningוְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִיve.Shi.char.Ta.niH7836, but I shall not be.

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