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Job 7:17-21

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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